Word: cinerea
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Like the great sauternes, riesling is susceptible to so-called noble rot, in which the Botrytis cinerea fungus dehydrates the grapes and concentrates their juice so that they produce wines of immense richness. Germany's top-rated rieslings are all Botrytis wines to varying degrees. Most German wine qualifies as Qualitätswein (quality wine), but the better ones are deemed Qualitätswein mit Prädikat (QmP) and can be ranked (roughly) as follows...
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