Kabinett: light in body and alcohol with high acidity. Generally off-dry to medium-dry in terms of sweetness, but can be dry. Spätlese: more body than Kabinett with sweetness generally ranging from medium-dry to medium-sweet.

So, if a wine's alcohol is above, say, 12.5% or 13%, it's dry. If it's under about 11%, it will have at least a touch of sweetness. Now, if it's in the middle, it can be tough to tell just how sweet a wine is.

While Spätlese means late harvest the wine is not as sweet as a dessert wine, as the "late harvest" term is often used in US wines. Auslese – meaning "select harvest" made from very ripe, hand selected bunches, typically semi-sweet or sweet, sometimes with some noble rot character.

Weingut Leitz (formerly Josef Leitz) is a leading estate located in Rüdesheim am Rhein in the Rheingau region of western Germany. It is particularly known for its Riesling wines whic are made in a variety of styles.