Germania 3 Bottiglie
140,00 €
| Typology | Mixed Wine |
|---|---|
| Origin | Germany |
| Format | Pathways |
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WineBox of 3 bottles of mixed wine selected by the Apewineboxes tasting team
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It is a blind Wine Box however to know its contents you can contact tastingteam@apewineboxes.com
The vine was introduced into Germany by the Romans around the first century BC. along the Moselle valley and on the left bank of the Rhine, where most of the livestock farming was concentrated since the time of Charlemagne; as often happened in those years, the vine was the prerogative of monastic organizations.
From the fifteenth century, and from the renowned Rheingau area, the first evidence of the cultivation of Riesling, the symbolic vine of the country, comes, but it was only in the nineteenth century, when the concept of the degree of ripeness of the grape was strengthened, which at the same time also grew the level of wine produced, reaching very high peaks in the second part of the last century.
The German wine classification system is quite bizarre, certainly one of a kind.
Leaving aside the categories of lower quality wines, these distinctions are made within the QmP, the highest qualitative level conceived in Germany, for which dosage is not permitted:
- Kabinett: light, low alcohol and dry wines;
- Spätlese: (late harvest) more intense and structured wines than Kabinett, which can be both dry and sweet.
- Auslese: (Selected harvest) wines produced with very ripe grapes, the bunches of which are manually selected in the vineyard before being harvested.
- Beerenauslese: (selected grapes) wines produced from grapes whose bunches have been attacked by noble rot (Botrytis Cinerea), a characteristic that gives them aromatic richness and structure;
- Eiswein: (ice wine) the temperature at the time of harvest must not exceed -7° C. The grapes are pressed immediately with the separation of the water in the form of ice, obtaining a very concentrated must, rich in acids and sugars, which is transformed into a sweet wine of great acidity.
- Trockenbeerenauslese: (selected dried grapes). Practically immortal, they are produced only in the best years, with dried grapes attacked by noble rot (Botrytis Cinerea). The must produced from these grapes is extremely rich in sugars, so much so that fermentation is difficult and the alcohol content of these wines hardly exceeds 6% alcohol.
- Sekt: Quality sparkling wines that can be produced anywhere and with any method.
From The Unknow Winecaster Channel