Victor Sack wrote:

> It just means "late harvest" wine, i.e. one made with riper grapes
> containing more sugar. How one makes the wine is another matter -
> "trocken", i.e. dry (and more alcoholic), Spätlese wines are very common
> indeed. Harvesting grapes during (not after) a frost, when the grapes
> are actually frozen, is mandatory for making Eiswein, which is probably
> what you are thinking of. Eiswein has to be of at least Beerenauslese
> quality nowadays, though there was a time when Spätlese sufficed.
>
> Victor

I bought some Eiswein last year that was very good but really was
incredible when I used it to macerate some fresh strawberries with. Amazing!