In der Nase fruchtiger Honig, braucht etwas Luft um die sortentypischen Aromen loszulassen, Süßholz, Orangenblüten, Rosen, am Gaumen elegant, feiner Eibischteig, kraftvoll, sehr geschliffenes Finale. Almost 25 years after the harvest, Alois Kracher's 2025 Library Release is the 2000 Trockenbeerenauslese No 1 Traminer Nouvelle Vague, which displays a burnt-orange color with a brightening, yellowish edge. The nose is deep, very intense and complex as well as elegant and layered with malt, salt, mocha, tobacco and pencil tip aromas intermingling with ripe, yellow plum fruit and notes of dried-red orange skin as well as honey and very fine caramel aromas. On the palate, this is a rich and very elegant, highly finessed and pristine, textured and perfectly balanced TBA with very fine tannins and a dark caramel sweetness. All the richness is balanced by super delicate acidity and salinity, which makes TBAs from Lake Neusiedl some of the world's finest noble sweet wines. I'd go with a cigar with this or dark chocolate spiced with oranges. 14% stated alcohol. Natural cork. Tasted at the domaine in Illmitz in June 2025. By Stephan Reinhardt, The Wine Advocate

Alois Kracher's re-released 2000 Trockenbeerenauslese No 3 Chardonnay Nouvelle Vague displays a saddle-brown color with a brightening, yellowish and lime-green edge. The bouquet is deep, very intense yet refined and displays saline notes and even slightly flinty nuances intertwined with nougat, dark caramel, licorice and plummy and stone fruit aromas. The wine is enormously rich on the palate yet immaculate in its perfect "100-pointer texture." This is a spell-binding beauty full of finesse and lively salinity that triggers an immediate swallowing reflex. "Oh, linger, you are so beautiful," I hear myself quoting Goethe's Faust II, but again and again this wine defies analysis and seduces shamelessly but perfectly. The long and saline, salivating finish reveals dark chocolate and refreshing lemon flavors and keeps the wine its it weightless, elegant and refined style. 12.5% stated alcohol. Natural cork. Tasted at the domaine in Illmitz in June 2025. by Stephan Reinhardt 100/100 The Wine Advocate In der Nase deutliche Botrytisprägung, Vanille vom neuen Holz dominiert, leicht, exotische Frucht, Litischi, am Gaumen sanft, fast buttrig, hat leichte laktisch-karamellige Züge im Finish, unkompliziertes Trinkvergnügen.