Trocken

Trocken meaning in German wine

Trocken means dry in German. On a German wine label, it tells you the wine is intended to taste dry, with low residual sugar rather than obvious sweetness.

Trocken wine definition

For German wine, trocken generally means the wine has no more than 4 grams per liter of residual sugar, or up to 9 grams per liter when acidity is high enough to keep the wine tasting dry. The practical takeaway: a trocken wine should taste dry, crisp, and not sweet.

What does trocken mean in English?

In English, trocken translates as dry. It is a sweetness term, not a grape variety, producer, or region.

Riesling trocken meaning

Riesling trocken means dry Riesling. A trocken Riesling can still smell fruity because Riesling is aromatic, but the label term means the wine is made in a dry style.

Trocken vs halbtrocken

Halbtrocken means off-dry, with more noticeable residual sugar than trocken. Lieblich means sweeter again.