Help with German wine

My wife purchased a wine from Germany with which I am unfamiliar and wondered if anyone had any information on it.

The wine is from Weingut Erich Braun & Sohn. It is a Gewurztraminer Spatlese, and is labeled as 1999er Edesheimer Ordensgut.

Thanks for any help!

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CabFan
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Edesheim is in the Pfalz wine region of Germany. It is what is known as "the southern wine road" which runs from Neustadt to the French border at Schweigen. Ordensgut is the "grosslage" or larger collective vineyard sites surrounding Edesheim..

The Gewurztraminer grape has a rather spicy aroma and flavour, and can carry spicier and heavier foods. Spatlese means that the wine is of premium quality - a "pradikat" wine" or a wine which has special attributes. Pradikat also means that no sugar can be added (chaptalization). Spatlese means "late harvest" as the berries have been left on the vine to ripen for about a week longer than regular picking.

You did not mention whether the wine is halbtrocken or trocken - semi-dry or dry. Often, spatlese wines are good candidates for making into a semi-dry or dry style as the increased sugar levels in the berries will result in higher alcohol levels. If the wine is in the range of 12-13% alcohol, it will likely be a trocken, if it is in the range of 11-12% it will likely be a halbtrocken, and if it is in the range of 8-10% it will be a sweeter wine that would serve as a fine aperatif.

Hope this helps.

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Bob McDonald

Wow. I didn't now that the alcohol % can be a telltale factor in a Germans sweetness level.

Thanks for the info.

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John Oglesby

Well, it's only a very rough indicator. More precisely, "Halbtrocken" and "Trocken" wines will *always* carry one of these designations on the label. The absence of one of these terms is a

100 % indicator that the content is definitely on the sweet(ish) side.

M.

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Michael Pronay

Edesheim is a village in southern central Rheinpfalz, an area west of the Rhine. The Ordensgut is the generic name for 12 vineyards in the surrounding area of Edesheim and neighboring villages, none of which carries any special distinction. This wine is probably a simple sweetish one for early drinking - but could be quite drinkable. Open soon and serve chilled. Anders

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Anders Tørneskog

I kind of dissagree, the terms Trocken and Halbtrocken are not always used- the new terms for dry wines include Classic and Erstes Gewachs (First growth). I recently purchased a Carl Loewen Classic and it has %12 alc. If you are able to see the alcohol levels it is the best indicator of dryness. Also, wines from the Mosel tend to ripen more slowly so they tend to have lower alc levels at the same sweetness levels.I love German wines because of the endless number of sites and styles, let's try them all!

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kenneth mccoy
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Anders Tørneskog
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Anders Tørneskog

Caution, "Edesheim" is not "Deidesheim" (although both are in the Palatinate).

M.

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Michael Pronay

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