Beerenauslese Wine German and Austrian Pr dikat category applied to wines made from individually selected grapes, which, since the grapes are always very overripe and sugar-packed , will give wines that have a rich, luscious dessert quality to them. Beerenauslese wines are only produced in the best years in Germany, but around the Neusiedlersee in Austria they are a pretty regular occurrence. The process of selecting individual berries requires both patience and a keen eye. It can take a small group of pickers a week to collect enough grapes to make a few hundred bottles. Must weights for Beerenauslese wines start at 110 Oechsle in the Mosel rising to 128 Oechsle in southern Baden .
Alcohol levels vary from vintage to vintage, but can be extremely low.
Very occasionally, when fermentation transforms all the sugar to alcohol, trocken styles are produced with a level above 14 per cent volume.