TKN?

[wondersofwine]

In the United States Arrowood makes a nice late harvest riesling some years. It is not available every vintage. Also, I highly recommend the Greenwood Ridge Late Harvest Riesling if you can find it. (I tried a Hogue Late Harvest from Washington State but didn't find it to have the sweetness I expected from a late harvest wine). From Germany you might look for Merkelbach Urziger Wurzgarten Auslese (I just tried my first bottle of the 2002 and it was very nice), J.J. Prum Wehlener Sonnenuhr Auslese, etc. Some of the Auslese wines (specially selected grapes with higher ripeness, Brix or sugar measurement at harvest than even the Spatlese--late-picked grapes) are available for $25 to $35. It gets more expensive going into Beerenauslese or Trockenbeerenauslese or Eiswein. If I do purchase Eiswein (lovely stuff) I usually get a half bottle or 375 ml size and even then it may cost $50 or more. The Eiswein has an acidity that makes them approachable at a young age. Beerenauslese and Trockenbeerenauslese can be too cloying when young (syrupy) and show their merit better when aged.
It also occurs to me that you could possibly be thinking of late harvest wines from Alsace--SGN I believe is the designation for Selection of Grains Nobles (from Gewurztraminer or Riesling?) and Tardives means late-picked or late harvest. I don't know if they combine those terms for TGN.

[This message has been edited by wondersofwine (edited 04-01-2004).]