2009 TBA No. 3 Welschriesling

The 2020 Trockenbeerenauslese Grande Cuvee No 4, 60% Welschriesling and 40% Chardonnay, is pale lemon-straw in color. Notes of acacia honey, beeswax, candied ginger, and lemon tart jump from the glass with hints of orange peel and spice cake. The palate is rich and unctuous, with a crisp backbone to lift the opulent sweetness to a long, energetic finish. 95/100 Lisa Perrotti-Brown; The Wine Independent Kracher Trockenbeerenauslese Grande Cuvée No. 4 2020 (Burgenland; 60% Welschriesling; 40% Chardonnay; 210 g/l of residual sugar; total acidity of 7.6 g/l; 10% alcohol). Tasted with Gerhard Kracher at the offices of his Bordeaux courtier. This is the principle release on la place, with the other cuvées only available as part of the 2020 collection case. And it contains, this year, all of the Chardonnay – there is no monocépage Chardonnay TBA in this vintage. Tutankhamun gold in the glass. More closed on the nose initially than the 2019, tasted alongside, but so amazingly pure. Candlewax. Saffron. Pineapple. Pears rather than apricots this year, confit melon. A little ginger. A touch of spice – above all, cinnamon. Crème brulée and burnt sugar. Peanut brittle. Apple pie with the pie crust. Assorted citrus notes. Lime. This is just fabulously pure, incredibly crystalline and energetic and intensely saline. Sapid and fresh as ever. This seems to pick its fruit each year – here we have the pixilated picture perfect rendition of white pear! More herbal and saline on the finish, with that fabulous and distinctly ‘Kracher’ mineral character. A brilliantly exciting wine and a revelation. 98+ Colin Hay, The Drinks Business The 2020 Trockenbeerenauslese No. 4 Grande Cuvée Nouvelle Vague is based on 60% Welschriesling (vi nified in large oak casks) and 40% Chardonnay (aged in barriques) and opens with an intense and concentrated bouquet with spicy quince aromas, lemon chutney, candiedlemons, ripe and lush apri cots and pineapples, hints of nougat, caramel and salt. It is very deep and complex but also refined, fresh and very elegant! Round, intense and highly refined on the palate, this is a saline and elegant, seemingly weightless Grande Cuvée that develops a spectacularly long and intense finish with salts and concentrated fruits such as melons, apricots, lemons, quinces and grapefruit. The aftertaste is intense and very long but of great finesse and elegance. This is a gorgeous wine, indeed, that is stunning a day after the opening and will need about a decade or more to gain even more complexity. 10% stated alcohol. Natural cork. Tasted in Lütjensee, Hamburg, in June 2023. To be released in mid-September 2023. 98/100 Stephan Reinhardt, The Wine Advocate Kräftiges Goldgelb, Messingreflexe. Zart nach Nou gat und Karamell, feine Noten von gelber Tropen frucht, reifer gelber Apfel, ein Hauch von Vanille, facettenreiches Bukett. Stoffig, Nuancen von reifer süßer Frucht, feine Holznoten, mineralisch, ausgezo gen, zeigt sehr gute Länge, bereits zugänglich und vielfältig einsetzbar, sicheres Entwicklungspotenzial. 97/100 Peter Moser, Falstaff Weinguide 2023/24

Vinified in stainless steel, the 2020 Trockenbeerenaus lese No. 6 Welschriesling Zwischen den Seen is pure and intense on the concentrated, saline and cara melly nose that displays candied lemon, strawberry, raspberry and ripe pear aromas. Full-bodied, intense and concentrated on the palate, this is an elegant, refined, finely saline and beautifully juicy TBA with sweet pear and peach aromas and a long, intense, crystalline and mouthwatering @nish. It was bottled with 310 grams per liter of residual sugar but is never theless highly stimulating. 8.5% stated alcohol. Natu ral cork. Tasted in Lütjensee, Hamburg, in June 2023. Only 2,500 to 3,000 0.375-liter bottles were filled from four vineyards totaling five hectares due to very strict selections. To bereleased mid-September 2023. 97+/100 Stephan Reinhardt, The Wine Advocate Kräftiges Gelbgold, Silberreflexe. Zarte Kräuterwürze, feine gelbe Tropenfrucht, zarte Dörrobstnoten, kan dierte Orangenzesten, feine Nuancen von Schoko lade, facettenreiches Bukett. Saftig, elegant, feine Nuancen von weißem Kernobst, seidige Textur, gut integrierte Süße, nahtloser, leichtfüßiger Stil, sehr ver führerisch, sicheres Reifepotenzial. 98/100 Peter Moser, Falstaff Weinguide 2023/24

Intensives Rosenaroma, Rosenöl, Rosenwasser,kräftiges Erdeeraroma, rote Beeren, Zitrusnoten verleihen dem Wein frische, feine Muskatnote, sehr dezentes Tannin gibt dem Wein Charakter

Kräftiges Goldgelb. Zart rauchige Noten und reife gelbe Frucht in der Nase, zart nach Rosen und Eibisch. Am Gaumen Ananas und reifer Pfirsich, mineralische Nuancen. Sehr komplex, gut integrierte Süße, mineralische Komponenten im Abgang.

Helles Strohgelb mit grünen Reflexen, Grapefruit, Zritrusfrüchte, etwas exotische Anklänge, Zuckermelone, Holunderblüte, am Gaumen schöne frische Frucht, gut ausbalanciert mit lebendiger Säure

Intensive Orangennoten und Aromen von vollreifen Tropenfrüchten. Am Gaumen sehr komplex, reife Steinobstfrucht, gelber Apfel, feiner Blütenhonig, dezente Würze vom neuen Holz. Sehr elegant, attraktive Mineralik, salzig und lange anhaltend,