Beerenauslese

German

Riesling Beerenauslese

Etymology

From Beere +‎ -n- +‎ Auslese.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbeːʀənˌʔaʊ̯sleːzə]

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Noun

Beerenauslese f (genitive Beerenauslese, plural Beerenauslesen)

1. Beerenauslese (lit.: selected harvest of berries). A (usually white) wine made from individually picked grapes which are fully ripe and even botrytized, i.e. affected by noble rot (Edelfäule). These grapes are purposefully harvested very late, so as to be extra sweet.
2. a quality category in German and Austrian wine classification. Among the different Prädikatswein categories the Beerenauslese is placed above Auslese and below Trockenbeerenauslese

Declension

Declension of Beerenauslese [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Beerenauslese	die	Beerenauslesen
genitive	einer	der	Beerenauslese	der	Beerenauslesen
dative	einer	der	Beerenauslese	den	Beerenauslesen
accusative	eine	die	Beerenauslese	die	Beerenauslesen

Derived terms

• Trockenbeerenauslese

Related terms

• Auslese

See also

• Riesling
• Weißwein
• Rotwein
• Federweißer
• Tafelwein
• Landwein
• Qualitätswein
• Spätlese
• Eiswein
• Glühwein

Further reading

• “Beerenauslese” in Duden online