Definition of Kabinett in English:
Kabinett
noun ˌkabɪˈnɛtˌkabɪˈnɛtˌkabiˈnet
A wine of German origin or style of superior or reserve quality, especially one made from a specified quality of grape must, without added sugar.
Example sentencesExamples
- In the table wine category, in increasing order of weight/alcohol and sugar, these wines are: Kabinett, Spatlese and Auslese, with the last category made up largely of wines which are a bit too sweet to serve with dinner.
- Fortunately, many of the good ones are the moderately priced Kabinett wines.
- Here are a few producers I have tried in recent weeks and can highly recommend: Graff 1998 Spatlese, Selbach-Oster 1997 Kabinett, Fritz Haag 1998 Kabinett and Dr. Bürklin-Wolf 1998 Kabinett.
- These wines are more intense in flavor and concentration than quality wines and Kabinetts.
- The Germans have no less than five designated levels of ripeness for Riesling that loosely correlate to sweetness: Kabinett, Auslese, Spatlese, and so on.
Origin
From German Kabinettwein, literally 'chamber wine'.