the Prädikat which covers the widest range of wine styles, and can be a dessert wine. Beerenauslese – meaning "select berry harvest" made from overripe grapes individually selected from bunches and often affected by noble rot, making rich sweet dessert wine. Trockenbeerenauslese – meaning "select dry berry harvest" or "dry berry selection" made from selected overripe shrivelled grapes often affected by noble rot making extremely rich sweet wines. "Trocken" in this phrase refers to the grapes being dried on the vine rather than the resulting wine being a dry style. Eiswein (ice wine) made from grapes that have been naturally frozen on the vine, making a very concentrated wine. Must reach at least the same level of sugar content in the must as a Beerenauslese. The most classic Eiswein style is to use only grapes that are not affected by noble rot. Until the 1980s, the Eiswein designation was used in conjunction with another Prädikat (which indicated the ripeness level of the grapes before they had frozen), but is now considered a Prädikat of its own. The minimum must weight requirements for the different Prädikat designations are as follows. Many producers, especially top-level producers, exceed the minimum requirements by a wide margin. {| class="wikitable" |- bgcolor="lightgrey" ! Prädikat || Minimum must weight || colspan=2 | Examples of requirements || Minimum alcohol level in the wine |- | || Dependent on grape variety and wine-growing region || Riesling from Mosel || Riesling from Rheingau || |- | Kabinett || 67–82°Oe || 70°Oe || 73°Oe || 7% |- | Spätlese || 76–90°Oe || 76°Oe || 85°Oe || 7% |- | Auslese || 83–100°Oe || 83°Oe || 95°Oe || 7% |- | Beerenauslese, Eiswein || 110–128°Oe || 110°Oe || 125°Oe || 5.5% |- | Trockenbeerenauslese || 150–154°Oe || 150°Oe || 150°Oe || 5.5% |} This does not necessarily determine the sweetness of the final wine, because the winemaker may choose to ferment the wine fully or let some residual sugar remain. Special designations In certain regions, additional rules are applied to how a wine is classified. These special names represent special characters. Sweetness of the wine The sugar content in the finished wine can be indicated by the following designations for Qualitätswein and Prädikatswein. For sparkling wines (Sekt), many of the same designations are used, but have a different meaning. {| class="wikitable" |- bgcolor="lightgrey" ! Designation || English translation || colspan =3 |