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The minimum must weight of a late harvest must be 85° Oechsle so that the wine can be called such. Like any quality wine, the Spätlese is made from grapes of an approved grape variety from a single growing region and no chaptalization (fortification) may be used. The late harvest as a predicate wine also differs from the other types such as Kabinett and Auslese, in the time of the grape harvest, which begins from the late harvest date.