noble rot

English

Noun

noble rot (uncountable)

1. A benevolent form of the fungus Botrytis cinerea which, in the right conditions, leads to a concentrated sweet wine.
   • 2019, Ben Aaronovitch, The October Man, Gollancz, page 20:

     ‘You said they occasionally deliberately infect the grapes with the noble rot,’ I said.

Translations

fungus

• Afrikaans: edelvrot
• Dutch: edele rotting f
• Finnish: jalohome
• French: pourriture noble (fr)
• German: Edelfäule (de)
• Italian: muffa nobile f
• Japanese: 貴腐 (kifu)
• Portuguese: podridão nobre f
• Swedish: ädelröta c

See also

• botrytized