What is a botrytised wine?

Answer 1

A wine with Botrytis cinerea is where water has been extracted from the grapes by the Botrytis thereby concentrating the flavours and aromas of the wine. The grapes become shrivelld and wrinkly, a bit like raisins. Many superb dessert wines are made from Botrytised grapes like Chateau d'Yquem. Botrytis in Latin means "like ashes" and it is a fungus, also found on some cheeses.

Answer 2

It is wine made from grapes affected by the fungus 'botrytis cinerea', usually known as 'noble rot'. The grapes have lost much of their water to the fungus and the wine made from them is much more concentrated in sugar and flavor (and often in alcohol too, possibly reaching as high as 16°) than the ordinary kind.

The best known wines relying on this are the Sauternes and Monbazillac from Bordeaux, the German Auslese wines and the Hungarian Tokay.

Answer 3

A botrytised wine is one made from grapes affected by botrytis cinerea, a benefical form of mold know as 'Noble Rot' which extacts water from the grape while it is on the vine, living just the concentrated sweet essence.

Botrytised wines are very very sweet, are usually sold in half-sized bottles and are drunk with desserts, foie gras and cheese. And they tend to be expensive -- the best known botrytised wines are Sauternes from that named area in France.

Answer 4

Rich aroma, intense flavors - For detailed information search the web under Tasting Sweet and Botrytised Wines - 16 pages of information

Answer 5

A wine made from Botrytised grapes may have more than the legal limit of volatile acid because Gluconobacter (acetic acid bacteria that grow on damaged of moldy grapes) infection on the grapes produces acetic acid. TS

Answer 6

Sweet wines made from grapes affected by botrytis cinera..