Late harvest wine in the sun to concentrate their sugar. Late harvest wine Late harvest wine is wine made from grapes left on the vine longer than usual. "Late harvest" is usually an indication of a sweet dessert wine, such as late harvest Riesling. Late harvest grapes are often more similar to raisins, but have been naturally dehydrated while on the vine. Botrytis cinerea, or "noble rot", is a mold that causes grapes to lose nearly all of their water content. Wines made from botrytis-affected grapes are generally very sweet. Botrytis cinerea is a fungus that affects many wine grapes and causes them
Straw wine scale. Grapes should originate in a single wine sub-region and reach at least 6% of alcohol. De Trafford created the first Vin de Paille to be released under the new appellation "Wine from Naturally Dried Grapes" in 1997. They use 100% Chenin blanc. A number of wineries produce straw wine, known in Spanish as "vino de pasas", including Bodegas Oliveros and Bodegas Gonzalez Palacios. Most involve a blend of two grapes, the first one usually a Muscat. Pedro Ximénez grapes are dried in the sun before being vinified, fortified and matured in a solera system like other sherries. Another straw