Zierfandler ripens late, and is prone to noble rot.
These wines would usually be produced from grapes affected by noble rot.
By this time the grapes had become affected with the "noble rot" Botrytis cinerea.
They are all sweet white wines made from grapes attacked by a fungus known as noble rot.
A type of German wine made from grapes affected by noble rot.
The most classic Eiswein style is to use only grapes that are not affected by noble rot.
But there is not enough noble rot to begin with.
Though those of us who live in the city are not known for our wines, we have our own sort of "noble rot."
The rare sweet wines often with noble rot and Eiswein can sometimes mature for 50 years or more.
He talks, rather, of the noble rot that leaves sauternes grapes heavy in sugar and looking gnarled.