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Auslese (German: [ˈaʊ̯sˌleːzə] , lit. 'selected harvest'; plural form is Auslesen) is a German language wine term for a late harvest wine and is a riper

the Austrian and German wine classifications, and is a category above Auslese. Beerenauslese wines, often called "BA" for short, are usually made from

Kabinett is classified in another way. In both cases, Spätlese is below Auslese in terms of ripeness. The grapes are picked at least seven days after normal

with some noble rot character. Sometimes Auslese is also made into a powerful dry wine, but the designation Auslese trocken has been discouraged after the

subsequent differentiation of wines based on harvested ripeness, starting with Auslese in 1787, laid the ground for the Prädikat system. These laws, introduced

is often used for semi-sweet Kabinett and Spätlese, but more rarely for Auslese and upward. The use of Süssreserve results in a different composition of

Botrytis to take hold and produce the first thoroughly infected Spätlese. An Auslese followed in 1787. See Noble rot and Schloss Johannisberg Heinrich was a

characteristics but made from higher quality grapes can be labeled as Spätlese or Auslese. In the US and the UK, perhaps the best known example has been Blue Nun

the QmP ("quality wine with distinction") category that includes also Auslese and Beerenauslese. The grapes for TBA are individually picked among shrivelled

Höherentwicklung), struggle for existence (German: Existenzkampf), selection (German: Auslese), struggle for life (German: Lebenskampf), in his Nazi racial ideology