2005 TBA No. 9 Scheurebe

2005 Trockenbeerenauslese No.9 Scheurebe

The deep amber-colored 2005 Trockenbeerenauslese No 9 Scheurebe Zwischen den Seen is part of the 2025 Library Release. It opens with an intense and elegant bouquet of mint and eucalyptus and balsamic as well as concentrated fruit aromas that intermingle with nougat and caramel but also saline notes. This is a very rich but pristine Trockenbeerenauslese that might not be the most complex sweet wine of the 2025 Library Release, but it is highly finessed, stimulating saline, fresh and the perfect expression of Scheurebe (a.k.a. Sämling 88 in Austria). This is a spellbinding fresh, lemony and delicate Trockenbeerenauslesein the classic Austrian style (no barriques but large oak casks or stainless steel). 7.5% stated alcohol. Natural cork. Tasted at the domaine in Illmitz in June 2025. by Stephan Reinhardt - 100/100 The Wine Advocate

Incredibly mentholated aromatically, like spearmint wrapped in sugar candy! But there’s thyme and marjoram too, amazingly. A little black truffle. Black tea leaf too. A little black treacle. Champignons de Paris. Never before have these aromatic ingredients shared the same glass. There are more conventional notes too – fresh and dried apricot, peach and candyfloss, melon. Just incredible on the palate. For, despite the 308 grammes per litre of residual sugar it’s the acidity that you notice more than anything. It’s like a school teacher taking in charge the class demanding that the sugar remains in check (‘they’ll be no residual sugar in this class!’). Wonderful. The sense of tension is in-cred-ib-le! A wine like no other from a property that has produced so many wines like no other! I’m in awe. 99/100 Colin Hay, The Drinks Business