Maximum sugar level allowed |- | || || Low acid wines || Medium acid wines || High acid wines |- | trocken || dry || 4 grams per liter || acid level in grams per liter + 2 || 9 grams per liter |- | halbtrocken || half-dry || 12 grams per liter || acid level in grams per liter + 10 || 18 grams per liter |- | feinherb || off-dry || colspan = 3 | Unregulated designation, slightly sweeter than halbtrocken |- | lieblich, mild or restsüß || semi-sweet || colspan = 3 | Usually not specially marked as such on the label.Follows by default from their Prädikat in the absence of the above designations. |- | süß or edelsüß || sweet || colspan = 3 | Usually not specially marked as such on the label.Follows by default from their Prädikat in the absence of the above designations. |} Color There are also color designations that can be used on the label: Weißwein – white wine May be produced only from white varieties. This designation is seldom used. Rotwein – red wine May be produced only from red varieties with sufficient maceration to make the wine red. Sometimes used for clarification if the producer also makes rosés from the same grape variety. Roséwein – rosé wine Produced from red varieties with a shorter maceration, the wine must have pale red or clear red color. Weißherbst – rosé wine or blanc de noirs A rosé wine which must conform to special rules: must be Qualitätswein or Prädikatswein, single variety and be labelled with the varietal name. There are no restrictions as to the color of the wine, so they range from pale gold to deep pink. Weißherbst wines also range from dry to sweet, such as rosé Eiswein from Spätburgunder. Extra ripeness or higher quality Some producers also use additional propriate designations to denote quality or ripeness level within a Prädikat. These are outside the scope of the German wine law. Especially for Auslese, which can cover a wide range of sweetness levels, the presence of any of these designations tends to indicate a sweet dessert wine rather than a semi-sweet wine. These designations are all unregulated. Goldkapsel – gold capsule A golden capsule or foil on the bottle. Denotes a wine considered better by the producer. Usually means a Prädikatswein that is sweeter or more intense, or indicates