2006 TBA No. 12 Scheurebe

Mittleres Goldgelb. Zarte Rauchigkeit, Zitronenthymian und Limettenzeste prägen die Nase. Am Gaumen dicht und cremig, fast opulent in der Textur, gleichzeitig von lebendiger Säure und intensiver Zitrusfrucht getragen. Aromen von Litschi, Maracuja und rosa Grapefruit verleihen Frische und Spannung

Medium golden yellow. Delicate smoke, subtle lemon thyme and lime zest on the nose and in the mouth. This wine is incredibly thick and creamy, yet its vivacious acidity and intense citrus flavours keep it from cloying. This Rubenesque angel is extremely primary-almost unformed today-and really must be given time before a proper assessment can be made.

95/100 The Wine Advocate / David Schildknecht

Kracher TBA No. 12 Zwischen den Seen Scheurebe 2006 (Burgenland, Austria; 100% Scheurebe; 373.3 g/L of residual sugar; 6% alcohol). The residual sugar level here is off the radar and, again, if my back-of-the hand calculation is right, we’re at over 25% of potential alcohol at fermentation. Another extraordinary wine whether or not one looks at its vital statistics! In a way this starts to resemble a Tokaji Esszencia, and the question is whether to serve this by the glass or the spoonful. Either way, it’s amazing, though I have a marginal preference for the Scheurebe TBA cuvée no. 11, today at least. It’s not that it’s all too much – or at least not too much sugar. If anything, it’s too much tension. But, of course, it needs all of that racy tension to cut the sucrosity. The two together, although perfectly balanced, still have one feeling like one’s just watched at close quarters a titanic struggle between two goliaths. So whilst this is perhaps more impressive, there’s much to be said for the relative tranquillity of the lower-numbered cuvées. At the same time, this is a startlingly brilliant wine, with an incredibly creaminess to the mouthfeel that the others don’t quite have. And the candied orange notes – aromatically and on the palate – are sublime. 96. /100 by Colin Hay The Drinks Buisness