What is Ausbruch?

What is Ausbruch?

• A. Austrian wine made from overripe, naturally shriveled or botrytized grapes.
• B. Hungarian dessert wine made from botrytis grapes.
• C. Austrian wine aged in oak barrels.
• D. A Greek wine produced on Santorini.

Answer: (A)

Ausbruch is an Austrian dessert wine made from grapes that have become concentrated because they are overripe, naturally shriveled, or affected by botrytis (noble rot). This method of selecting and pressing highly concentrated grapes yields a very sweet, luscious wine, a style closely tied to the Austrian region of Rust in Burgenland. The defining idea is the grape concentration from drying or botrytis, not oak aging or wines from other countries, which is why this option best describes Ausbruch.

Ausbruch is an Austrian dessert wine made from grapes that have become concentrated because they are overripe, naturally shriveled, or affected by botrytis (noble rot). This method of selecting and pressing highly concentrated grapes yields a very sweet, luscious wine, a style closely tied to the Austrian region of Rust in Burgenland. The defining idea is the grape concentration from drying or botrytis, not oak aging or wines from other countries, which is why this option best describes Ausbruch.