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The Living Wine
Dictionary
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| Qualitatswein |
This rank of quality for Austrian wine requires
that the grapes have a minimum must weight of 15° KMW. The wine must
have at least 9% alcohol and 4 g acidity per liter. Grape harvest
is restricted to a maximum of 9,000 kg per hectare. |
| Qualitätswein bestimmter
Anbaugebiete (QbA) |
(quality wine of one particular growing region):
These wines underlay the regional appellation laws unlike table wine.
These laws ensure that the wine is from one specific wine-growing
region (13 regions in Germany), is made of approved grape varieties
and reached sufficient ripeness for the category. Nevertheless, these
wines are chaptalized*. The chaptalization adds body to these otherwise
lighter wines and makes them great, simple food wines, enjoyable
on a day-to-day basis. All QbA wines have to have an official approval
number (AP number) confirming that the wine has been analyzed, tasted,
and approved for what it states on the label. |
| Qualitätswein mit Prädikat (QmP) |
(Quality wine with attribute) The German wine
law refers to the following categories as Qualitätsweine mit Prädikat
(QmP, quality wines with attributes; the attributes being Kabinett*,
Spätlese*, Auslese*, Beerenauslese (BA)* and Trockenbeerenauslese
(TBA)*. The attributes reflect the various stages of ripeness of
the grapes when they were harvested. All wines in this category have
to be all natural, meaning chaptalization is not permitted. Up to
the level of Auslese, the wines can be dry, medium dry or sweeter
style, depending on the decision of the winemaker when to halt the
fermentation. Beyond Auslese, the natural sugar content of the grapes
is so high (BA, TBA, Eiswein) that the resulting wine will be a dessert
wine.
Don't forget .. this QmP rating only says how the wine was harvested and
the vinified .. it does NOT guarantee quality. But you can bet your bippies
that once a producer has put in the work to make a TBA wine that is will
probably be pretty darn good. As always, starting with great grapes it still
takes a good winemaker to achieve high quality wine, so look for good producers
over anything else. |
| Quarts de Chaume |
French - Appellation of Loire Valley |
| Quincy |
French - Appellation of Loire Valley |
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