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(Xyzsch) wrote:

>> No. Ausbruch must readings (according to Austrian wine law)
>> would mean an alcohol content of 20%, so Ausbruch can never be
>> dry.

> Are [you] saying that these wines reach 20% alcohol,

No.

> or that they have residual sugar when the fermentation stops.

Yes.

> Pardon my rudimentary knowledge of winemaking, but my
> understanding is that fermentation stops when most still wines
> reach 15 - 16 % alcohol.

Exactly. These values are reached only exceptionally, normal
maximum would be 13 to 14%. Most winegrowers consider alcohol
contents between 12.0 and 13.5% as ideal.

M.