Wines.com
WINES.COM homepage
Ask the WineBoard Wine Lovers Gift Shop All About Wine The Wine Press News Room Wine Encyclopedia

Wines.com ONline Encyclopedia of Wine Knowledge
 

select cluster

Select Cluster (also known as Select Late Harvest, Auslese, and Beerenauslese) wines have a minimum sugar at harvest of 28.0 Brix. The residual sugar is usually over 11.5% by weight. Select Late Harvest wines are made only from grapes affected with Botrytis (Noble Rot).
© 2006 WINES.COM All rights reserved. Database material used with permission of Vintage Wine Lover's Software.