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Vendange tardive ("VT")
means "late harvest" in French. The
phrase refers to a
style of
dessert wine
where the
grapes are
allowed to hang on the vine until...
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Viticulture (Latin:
vitis cultura, "vine-growing"),
viniculture (vinis cultura, "wine-growing"), or
winegrowing is the
cultivation and
harvesting of grapes...
- in Alsace. The 1984 wine
regulations setting down the
requirements for
Vendange Tardive and Sélection de
Grains Nobles wines is
usually referred to as...
- may be used for
varietal Alsace Grand Cru AOC and the late
harvest wines Vendange Tardive and Sélection de
Grains Nobles. Previously, the
pinot gris wines...
- high
natural sugar means that it is po****r for
making dessert wine, both
vendange tardive and the
noble rot-affected Sélection de
Grains Nobles. As mentioned...
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There are two late
harvest classifications,
Vendange Tardive (VT) and Sélection de
Grains Nobles (SGN).
Vendange Tardive means "late harvest" (which in German...
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first used in the
early 15th century. It was
adapted from the Old
French vendange ('wine harvest')
deriving from the
Latin vindemia ('grape-gathering'),...
- Tours-sur-Marne
Grand Siècle "La Cuvée" – Laurent-Perrier
Mercier 1858 Épernay
Vendange yes LVMH Moët &
Chandon 1743 Épernay Dom Pérignon yes LVMH G. H. Mumm 1827...
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official category for late
harvest wines,
while the step
below is
called Vendange tardive. In 2001, the
minimum must
weight requirements for SGN in Alsace...
- some
changes since then: the
decree of 1
March 1984
regulates the
terms vendanges tardives and sélection de
grains nobles within the
appellation and the...
