The lowest category of wines in the Prädikat. The minimum required must weight varies from region to region, and when comparing Germany and Austria. In the Mosel, Germany's greatest wine region, the minimum must weight is 67 Oechsle. In Austria it is 17 KMW. The wines, unless from a rich vintage, tend to be dry and low in alcohol.
German quality term for wine containing least amount of residual sugars. Kabinett wines cannot have sugar added in Germany (though they can in Austria).
German quality wine category, used for dry wine in general, made from well ripened grapes. The term Kabinett may also be applied to QmP wines.
A German term for a wine of quality; usually the driest of Germany's best Rieslings.
This rank of quality for Austrian wine requires a must weight of at least 19° KMW. These wines cannot be chaptalised, have a maximum of 13% alcohol and maximum residual sugar content of 9 g per liter. Grape harvest is restricted to a maximum of 9,000 kg per hectare.
Meaning "cabinet", the basic category of German Qualitätswein mit Prädikat wines, below the level of Spätlese.
(Kah-bee-NET) - Lightest and least sweet quality level for German wines.
(kah-bee-net') The entry level designation for quality German wines (QmP). Drier than other wines of the class, a Kabinett must be made from grapes with at least 16 percent sugar at harvest. The result is a drier (although not not necessarily dry), lighter styled wine that is low in alcohol. The term comes from the practice of the wine producers reserving some wine for their own use, by locking it away in a cabinet.
The first of the Prädikat wines in Germany. This is typically the lightest and most delicate style that an estate will produce. Kabinett is made from normally ripe grapes and no chapalization is allowed. In a region like the Mosel-Saar-Ruwer, Kabinett will be quite light and delicate, indeed, often with just seven to eight percent alcohol.
The term used for a light, low-alcohol (7 percent to 9 percent) German wine.
Light, very dry white wines made without additional sugar that are relatively low in alcohol (7%-9%). Can also refer to the driest wine from a given vineyard or producer in any vintage.
a level of ripeness in fine German wine. This is the lowest level of ripeness in the QmP wines. Karen MacNeil, in her Wine Bible considers Kabinett Riesling one of the most food-friendly wines in the world, and many wine professionals are in agreement with her.
The lightest category of German Qmp wines, they are usually relatively dry and low in alcohol.
A basic level of quality wine from Germany.
German category of ripeness. These are the lightest wines and range from dry to off-dry.
Kabinett, in the German wine classification system, is the lowest level of Qm P wine, lower in ripeness than Spätlese. These are fully ripened grapes, typically picked in September, and are usually made in a light style. They may be sweet (lieblich), dry (trocken) or off dry (halbtrocken).