sweet wines
Austrias sweet wines are rare, characterised by their natural residual sugar sweetness, highly concentrated acidity, and often with the incomparable aromas and flavours of botrytis cinerea (Beerenauslese, Trockenbeerenauslese). Burgenland with its extraordinary microclimate around Lake Neusiedl (Neusiedlersee) almost seems as if it was selected especially for the creation of sweet wines, particularly in the Seewinkel area around Apetlon, Illmitz and Podersdorf.
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NEUSIEDLERSEE DAC
NEUSIEDLERSEE DAC
Reserve

The white, fruity sweet NEUSIEDLERSEE DAC (Spätlese or Auslese) is vinified from fully ripened grapes and has to meet special requirements according to the Austrian wine law. Its sweetness has to be of natural origin.

The smaller designation of origin „Seewinkel“ for fruity sweet NEUSIEDLERSEE DAC is allowed, if the grapes come from the municipalities Apetlon, Illmitz and/or Podersdorf.

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Varieties: all white quality wine varieties
In shprt:
Categories: Spätlese (SL) or Auslese (AL) with min. 45 g/l residual sugar („fruity sweet“)
The application to obtain the Federal Inspection Number may be submitted from January 1st of the year following the harvest.
NEUSIEDLERSEE DAC Spätlese Wine from fully ripened berries with min. must weight 19° KMW (approx 95° oechsle), harvest by machinery is permitted – although rarely done
NEUSIEDLERSEE DAC Auslese Wine from fully ripened berries with min. must weight 21° KMW (approx 105° oechsle), harvest by hand is mandatory

The white, nobly sweet NEUSIEDLERSEE DAC RESERVE (Beerenauslese or Trockenbeerenauslese) represents the highest categories of Austrian sweet wines from a designated area of origin. Its sweetness has to be of natural origin. The berries have to be fully ripened, predominantly nobly sweet and largely shrunken. Harvest by hand is mandatory.

The smaller designation of origin „Seewinkel“ for nobly sweet NEUSIEDLERSEE DAC RESERVE is allowed, if the grapes come from the municipalities Apetlon, Illmitz and/or Podersdorf.

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Varieties: all white quality wine varieties
In short:
Categories: Beerenauslese (BA) or Trockenbeerenauslese (TBA) with min. 45 g/l residual sugar („nobly sweet“)
The application to obtain the Federal Inspection Number may be submitted from April 1st of the year following the harvest.

NEUSIEDLERSEE DAC RESERVE Beerenauslese
Wine from fully penedri and/or nobly sweet berries with min. must weight 25° KMW (approx 120° oechsle), harvest by hand is mandatory

NEUSIEDLERSEE DAC RESERVE Trockenbeerenauslese
Wine from fully ripened, predominantly nobly sweet and largely shrunken berries with min. must weight 30° KMW (approx 150° oechsle), harvest by hand is mandatory

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