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German| Date: 2004-05-31 12:04:44 |
| From: Stephan Hartl |
Subject: Re: Trockenbeerenauslese |
| Hallo, Randy, as I don't know the winery I checked the guide at wein-plus.de. Your wine is not listed there, so I can only give you some general informations. The vinery is rated with one star, which means: "Good producer Producer with either consistently good wines, or with significantly variable results, of which the positive sides must dominate. Basic wines or vintages must be balanced by others that are well above average or even excellent. Selective buying of these wines is likely to be worthwhile." The 99 vintage however was rated only average at this vinery. I also checked the information on the website of the winery - it is only in German. They have a lot of awards. Beginning from Robert Parker to the WineSpectator, but nothing for your wine and nearly nothing vor the 99 vintage. Most recommondations are for dry wines. So I guess you will have a wine from a good vinery, but from a only average vintage. Trockenbeerenauslese (TBA) means a type of late harvest wine. It is a wine made of grapes which are dried like raisins while still beeing on the vine. They are also affected by botrytis, which is an special type of mildew. This mildew perforates the skin of the berry and due to this it dries out and the sugar and extract concentrates in the berry. As you can not plan to make a TBA (it depends on the weather) and the harvesting is often done by hand, they are often very expensive. This does not mean that every TBA is expensive. In supermarkets you can find one of these wines for small money - and very low quality. I do not think, one can find your TBA in supermarkets. TBAs are alway very sweet wines. I myself prefer them with the dessert ore cheese, rarely without anything to eat. Cheers, Stephan -- www.copyshop-tips.de: Zusammenhang von Licht und Farbe, Scan-Tips, PostScript- und PDF-Dateien erstellen, Drucker- und Kopiererprobleme lösen, Diplomarbeits-Tips, Kopiervorlagen, Papier, Xerographie. Mit Forum und "selbstlernendem" Glossar. |
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