Categories of Quality Wine


Wine without origin	a minimum of 10.6° KMW
Landwein (land wine)	a minimum of 14° KMW
Quality wine / regionally typical quality wine (DAC)	a minimum of 15° KMW. The grapes may only come from the list of classified Austrian varieties and only from one wine-growing area
Kabinett(wine)	a minimum of 17° KMW, no Chaptalisation or 'Süßreserve' (RCGM) permitted
Prädikat Wine: (Spätlese to noble sweet TBA styles, Eiswein and Strohwein)	A Prädikatswein refers to the Austrian quality wine of special or particular ripeness and harvest, and the grape juice, must or wine may not be chaptalised or sweetened. The weight of the harvest may only be measured by the local wine authorities and there is a confirmation for this inspection. The residual sugars may only be those naturally occuring in the wine, following either the natural or premature end of the alcoholic fermentation, and the minimum permitted alcohol level is 5 % by volume.
	Spätlese has a must weight of at least 19° KMW, made from fully ripe grapes Auslese has a must weight of at least 21° KMW, only made from carefully selected and appropriate grapes Beerenauslese (BA) has a must weight of at least 25° KMW, made from over-ripe and/or noble rot grapes Ausbruch is permitted from 27° KMW, and is made exclusively from noble rot or naturally dried grapes Trockenbeerenauslese (TBA) has a must weight of at least 30° KMW, and is made from predominatly noble rot grape bunches and extremely dried, raison-like grape berries Eiswein or Ice Wine is from 25° KMW, and the grapes must be picked and pressed in their frozen form Strohwein/Schilfwein is from 25° KMW, and the harvested grapes must naturally air dry on straw or reeds or on lines for a minimum of three months