Der 2011 Traminer Trockenbeerenauslese No. 1 „Nouvelle Vague“ von Kracher zeigt sich in kräftigem Goldgelb und duftet intensiv nach Rosenblüten, Honig, kandierten Orangenzesten und reifen gelben Früchten, begleitet von feinen Kräuter- und Gewürznoten. Am Gaumen ist er opulent und hochkonzentriert, mit viel Süße, aber gut balancierender Säure, die Frische und Eleganz bringt. Aromen von Pfirsich, Karamell und mineralischer Salzigkeit münden in einen langen, dichten Abgang. Ein komplexer, vielschichtiger Süßwein mit großem Reifepotenzial. Kracher TBA No. 1 Nouvelle Vague Traminer 2011 (Burgenland, Austria; 100% Traminer; 161.1 g/L of residual sugar; 11.5% alcohol). From the 2026 library release. This is another crackerjack of a wine from Kracher! It’s so pure and essential aromatically, with peach stone, bitter almond, burnt caramel, early grey leaf tea, bergamot, candyfloss and a hint of rose petal beautifully jiving with one another. Rich, deep and so incredibly viscous that the wine finds only quite a narrow frame in the mouth, accentuating the sensation of sheer fruit intensity. There’s fantastic freshness on the finish with the sheer juiciness of the fruit seemingly refreshing the palate in a series of saline-incrusted waves of pure peach. 94. /100 by Colin Hay The Drinks Buisness

Sehr kraftvoller Körper, sehr fruchtig im Geschmack, typische Mineralik der Lage Hochberg am Gaumen, allgemen harmonisch Tasted from the bottle, the 2015 Blaufränkisch Passion offers a deep, pure, fresh, polished and well-concentrated bouquet of dark cherries and berries intertwined with spicy/toasty notes of nougat, roasted chestnut and warm stones. Full-bodied, lush and very charming on the palate, this is an elegant, juicy, textured and beautifully aromatic red with fine tannins, good freshness and a stimulating finish. Tasted in Illmitz, December 2018. 91/100 The Wine Advocate / Stephan Reinhardt

27 Monate Reifung im Edelstahltank. Das subtile Bouquet offenbart filigrane blumige Nuancen und einen Hauch von Trockenobst. Mit etwas Luft entfalten sich Noten von Anis und Weinbergpfirsichen, ergänzt durch dezente Anklänge von Crème brûlée und Nougat; der Wein entwickelt sich langsam und präzise! Die salzige Note im Auftakt umhu¨llt die Su¨ße und den cremigen Charakter wunderbar. Es ist eindeutig die Harmonie, die diesen Wein prägt, sowohl geschmacklich als auch olfaktorisch. Das verdankt er einer bestens gelungenen Symbiose zwischen Frische und Reife im Bouquet sowie zwischen Temperament, Kraft und Su¨ße am Gaumen. Ein köstlicher und langanhaltender Wein. 2028-2048 96/100 Yves Beck Subtle and elegant, a little restrained and introvert at first, with delicate fresh ginger and pineapple accompanied by lanolin and apricot, candied orange and confit figs. Rich and full, dense and oily in the mouth with a more ample frame than the Zweigelt Cuvée No. 2 tasted just before. Exotic and nutty in equal measure. Long and gently tapering on the finish. 96/100 Colin Hay Kräftiges Goldgelb, Messingreflexe. Feine Kräuterwürze, kandierte Orangenzesten, etwas Blütenhonig, reife gelbe Tropenfrucht nach Mango und Papaya. Saftig, zart nussiger Botrytistouch, weiße Tropenfrucht, frische Säurestruktur, Pfirsich klingt an, Ananas im Abgang, bleibt lange haften, exotische, tiefgründige Aromatik, wird von Flaschenreife profitieren. 96/100 Peter Moser / Falstaff Süß-saftiger tropischer Fruchtcharme, Mago, Papaya, blumig, Met-Charakter; solzig-kräuterwürzig, fester Gerbstoff-Grip, wodurch die Süße etwas in den Hintergrund gerät und die TBA trockener erscheint, feiner Tanninbiss, saftige Grapefruits und Blutorangen, Schoten, super Länge. (Vinaria)

Noten von Äpfeln, Birnen und Steinobst verbinden sich mit einem Hauch von Caramel und weißen Blu¨ten. Mit etwas Luft erweitert sich die Vielfalt des Bouquets um Noten von Rhabarber und Zitrusschalen. Im Auftakt ist der Wein zunächst lieblich und cremig und besticht durch seine Eleganz und die beständige Gaumenaromatik. Er zeichnet sich zudem durch eine sehr gelungene Fusion aus Säure, Su¨ße und Tanninen aus. Letztere zeigen sich in feinen Bitternoten, die nicht nur die vorhandene Frische unterstreichen, sondern dem gesamten Gaumen Struktur verleihen. Ein Spitzenwein mit großem Potenzial, gekrönt von einem endlosen Finale. 2028-2053 98/100 Yves Beck Gosh, this is utterly divine. So pure, so crystalline and luminous aromatically with an incredibly well-defined, pixilated and detailed image of fresh, perfectly ripe, pineapple, with a little fresh ginger. Maybe a hint of sushi ginger too, but it’s the fresher notes that dominate. There’s a subtle hint, too, of butterscotch and the bitterness of torched sugar – but it’s incredible subtly such that the fresh fruit is the star of the show. And I adore the lanolin note. Rich, complex, tactile and racy in its acidity despite the viscosity, density and sucrosity (super-well disguised by nearly 7 g/litre of total acidity). A brilliant wine that only Kracher could produce. The salinity on the finish is exquisite. A real coup de coeur. Taste and believe (please)! 99 Colin Hay Leuchtendes mittleres Goldgelb, Silberreflexe. Feine Nuancen von reifer gelber Tropenfrucht, ein Hauch von Kräuterwürze, zart nach Ananas und Marille, facettenreiches Bukett. Straff, engmaschig, saftige Süße, finessenreicher Säurebogen, sehr präzise und lange anhaftend, mineralisch-salzig im Nachhall, reife Marillen und Nektarinen im Rückgeschmack, stoffig, ein großes Zukunftsversprechen, kann aber auch jung angetrunken werden. 98/100 Peter Moser / Falstaff Reife, saftige Birnenfrucht, viel getrocknete Marillen unf herzhafte Kräutergwürze; viel Sortencharakter, saftige Pfirsichfrucht, Mandarinen, Nektarinen, reifer Gerbstoff gut eingebunedn, super Balance zwischen Frucht und Zucker, animierende Säure, salzig im Finish, vibrierende TBA. (Vinaria)

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The crimson-colored 2022 Trockenbeerenauslese No 1 Zweigelt Nouvelle Vague is deep, intense and refined on the nose that is still a little untamed but shows fresh red berry and floral aromas intermingled with saline notes. The wine is rich and intense, remarkably concentrated and reveals sustainable salinity and mineral tension on the long and complex, vital finish that also reveals fine but structuring tannins, which make this TBA an excellent wine to pair with food, especially after 10 to 20 years. By Stephan Reinhardt, The Wine Advocate Bright, blood red in the glass. Red apple, some bitter lemon and grapefruit touches, lifted zesty lemon and bright acidity makes this tangy yet sweet - a great combination that is so drinkable and enjoyable. Super impressive. Some bitter touches alongside the creamy, visovus texture. It manages to weave vibrancy with structure and intensity but keeping a lifted frame and moreish quality. Have with food. One of five wines in the line up, from the outstanding 2022 vintage, entering the Place de Bordeaux this September. Director and winemaker Gerhard Kracher. Georgina Hindle, Decanter Peach and pear belle Helene. Already quite a lot of sugar. A hint of raspberry too and, strangely perhaps, childhood memories of Ribena. Relatively simple as these wines go, though with that characteristic Kracher purity and freshness. When re-tasted it’s the raspberry and, again, the cassis cordial that one really hones in on. Saline as ever with a lovely and distinct minerality, here just a little oyster shell but also a subtle hint of salted roasted macademia nuts. With aeration the acidity seems to mount and it reins in the sugar. I think this will age very well, but at the moment it hasn’t fully come together. The Drinks Business, Colin Hay Herrliche Intensität des Bouquets, in dem Noten von Erdbeeren, Pflaumen und Sauerkirschen eine einzigartige Symbiose bilden! Lieblich und cremig im Auftakt, steht bei diesem Wein nicht die Süße im Vordergrund, sondern Finesse und Frische gepaart mit Kraft. Die olfaktorischen Eigenschaften spiegeln sich am Gaumen bestens wider, und der Wein kann sich der wertvollen Unterstützung seiner Tannine rühmen. Diese bilden ein strukturierendes Fundament und fördern die Gaumenaromatik bis zum Finale Ein bezaubernder und mundender Wein. Yves Beck Transparente Farbnoten, ausgeprägte Weichsel, Zesten, Nougat und Kirsche; kräftig, gut balanciertes Frucht-Säurespiel; eingebundene Restsüße; Karamell un Cranberry im Nachhall; sehr lang anhaltend. 95/100 Punkte. By Willi Balanjuk A la Carte The 2022 Zweigelt TBA No. 1 Nouvelle Vague Kollektion was aged in new oak and shines with a smoky, translucent red color. Caramelized, juicy plum appears subtly on the nose, followed by creaminess. That same creaminess acts as a balm on the concentrated palate, where superb sweetness flows. This is ultra-concentrated and subtly flavored, a picture of plum compote with a lovely cinnamon edge. Everything about this wine is calm, smooth and soothing. Wonderful and almost psychedelic. Anne Krebiel 96/100 The Wine Advocate 96/100 Decanter 95/100 Willi Balanjuk 95/100 The Drinks Business

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Vinified in stainless steel, the golden-yellow 2022 Trockenbeerenauslese No 2 Welschriesling Zwischen den Seen is superbly precise and concentrated on the nose that displays perfectly ripe, yellow botrytis fruit with beautiful lemon nuances intermingled with saline and herbal tea notes. The wine is rich but highly finessed and elegant on the palate, beautifully balanced and mouthfilling, Savory as it is, the wine develops a subtle intensity without power or overconcentration. It is full of finesse and brightness yet also this characteristic salinity that makes Kracher's wines so irresistible. This is a fabulous, very sustainable and gastronomic TBA that no wine lover would want to put down the glass. In any case, the drinking speed is likely to be quite high, and the finish is the longest of the 2022 collection. By Stephan Reinhardt, Wine Advocate Lively and bright, this has a gorgeous playful aspect with pineapple and peach and biting acidity that cuts through some of the sweetness. Rich and intense yet delineated, precise, finessed and elegant. Citrus fruit, saline notes and savoury touches of vanilla, white chocolate and dried herbs. I like this a lot, lifted and pure with plenty going on. Thick and viscous but keeps a sherbet, citrus kick on the back which makes it so fun and approachable. Totally yum. A marvelous wine. One of five wines in the line up, from the outstanding 2022 vintage, entering the Place de Bordeaux this September. Director and winemaker Gerhard Kracher. Georgina Hindle, Decante Helles goldgelb; intensives vielschichtiges Bukett; Aromen von Maracuja, Blütenhonig und Verbene; kräftig, engmaschige Struktur; Kumquats und Mandeln im Finish; fruchtiger, balancierter Schmelz im Abgang; langer Nachhall; Marillen und Minze im Rückaroma. 95+/100 Punkte. By Willi Balanjuk A la carte Apple. Pure and simple. Granny Smith. But with a red apple skin too. A little white pear. Peanut brittle and salt. Pure, simple – a little like the cuvée no. 1 – but with more obvious potential (though both will age very gracefully and gain in complexity). There’s a fascinating hint of greenery here – part floral, part herbal, part almost grassy – and it breathes freshness into this in a most beguiling way. Fresh ginger too. I love that very Kracher peanut brittle note. Gorgeous, though once again at this stage the residual sugar slightly triumphs on the palate over the acidity (less of an issue, ironically, with the higher number – i.e.: higher residual sugar – cuvées). 95+/100 Colin Hay | The Drinks Business Die vielen Nuancen unterstreichen sofort die olfaktorische Komplexität dieses Weins. Tropische Noten verbinden sich mit blumigen, wurzeligen und kandierten Düften auf einem Hintergrund von gerösteten Mandeln und Rhabarber. Der Wein ist cremig, aber auch salzig im Auftakt und vereint Dichte, Spannung, Süße und Finesse in einer makellosen Harmonie. Yves Beck The 2022 Welschriesling TBA No. 2 Zwischen den Seen Kollektion is golden in color and unites blossom honey with candied lemon and grapefruit peel. Overtones of candied kumquat appear later, adding a spicy and thrilling dimension. The palate is intensely sweet, reminiscent of Mirabelle jelly edged with perfectly candied grapefruit peel. Peppery, citric and pure, it is thrilling, endlessly long and utterly luscious. Anne Krehbiel 98/100 The Wine Advocate 98/100 Decanter 95+/100 Willi Balanjuk 95+/100 The Drinks Business 591 kJ / 141 kcal in 100ml

2011 TBA No. 2 Rosemuskateller - Nouvelle Vague begeistert mit einem intensiven, vielschichtigen Duft nach Rosenblüten, Muskatwürze, Litschi und Honig. Mit über 15 Jahren Flaschenreife treten zusätzlich feine Eukalyptusnoten hervor. Am Gaumen zeigt er sich saftig, aromatisch konzentriert und zugleich lebendig, getragen von einer präzisen Säurestruktur und feiner Würze. Zarte Rosenanklänge, rote Beeren und ein Hauch von Erdbeere verleihen ihm zusätzliche Tiefe und Frucht. Subtile Eukalyptusnoten sorgen für Frische und eine elegante Kräuterwürze. Die Textur wirkt geschmeidig, die Süße ist harmonisch und fein eingebunden. Der Abgang ist lang, frisch und würzig, geprägt von floralen Nuancen, rotbeeriger Frucht und zarten Zitrusakzenten. Kracher TBA No. 2 Nouvelle Vague Rosenmuskateller 2011 (Burgenland, Austria; 100% Rosenmuskateller; 167.6 g/L of residual sugar; 9.5% alcohol). We’re only at cuvée number 2 and yet the viscosity is ratcheted up several notches already. This is distinctly red-tinged producing a fiery amber glow akin to the backdrop of the penultimate scene of Don Giovanni in which the eponymous villain meets his fate. It’s more intense aromatically than the Traminer cuvée number 1 though, if anything, a little more subtle on the palate. Green leaf tea, Japanese salted plums, rose petal and lychee all vie for attention with candyfloss, bitter burnt sugar and a little jasmine, fresh mint and eucalyptus providing the background tones. This is broader framed than cuvée number 1 giving the wine a more glassy and crystalline mouthfeel and even greater elegance. Remarkable and unique. 94. /100 by Colin Hay The Drinks Buisness

2011 TBA No. 3 Rosenmuskateller wurde im Unterschied zur Nr. 2 in der Ausbaustilistik Zwischen den Seen ausgebaut. Intensive Aromen von Rosenblüten, zarter Muskatwürze und Honig, begleitet von feinen Anklängen von Orangenblüte.Am Gaumen präsentiert sich der Wein aromatisch dicht und lebendig, mit eleganter Süße und einer subtilen Würze. Der Abgang ist lang, klar und animierend, getragen von einer Rosennote und einer dezenten zitrischen Note. Auch wenn Gerhard Kracher persönlich den Nouvelle Vague bevorzugt, schwärmen viele Liebhaber besonders für Zwischen den Seen. Da unser Rosennmuskateller nur bis 2015 Zwischen den Seen ausgebaut wurde, heißt es hier zuschlagen, solange der Vorrat reicht. Kracher TBA No. 3 Zwischen den Seen Rosenmuskateller 2011 (Burgenland, Austria; 100% Rosenmuskateller; 180.4 g/L of residual sugar; 10.5% alcohol). There’s no oak influence here as this was aged in stainless steel but there was also longer yeast contact. The contrast with cuvée number 2 is fascinating. Muscovado sugar and the burnt caramel from it, fresh ginger, fresh and dried rose petals, wild floral honey and pollen, maybe a little saffron too, with almost a hint of iodine and peat – think Islay single malt whisky (Ardbeg or Lagavulin). There’s even a hint of lanolin. This is much more spherical in form in the mouth than the Nouvelle Vague Rosenmuskateller and it seems more visceral in its viscosity at the core. There’s a lovely slow taper to a vanishing point on the horizon. This perhaps conveys less of its aromatic complexity to the palate, but it is if anything even fresher in its fruit purity. 93. /100 by Colin Hay The Drinks Buisness

The 2022 Trockenbeerenauslese No 3 Grande Cuvée Nouvelle Vague is a deep, complex, very elegant and refined, saline blend of Welschriesling and Chardonnay vinified in barriques for 30 months. Lemon rind and chutney aromas intermingle with oak, vanilla and bright toast aromas. The wine is generous and rich yet highly refined and elegant on the palate, provided with concentrated and sweet fruit, very fine tannins and this saline and crystalline acidity that is so delicate that it takes this sweet wine on its wings toward heaven. Due to its balance, this is an irresistible though pretty sweet TBA that I would thus cellar for another decade to benefit from all its complexity without being detracted from its now prominent sweetness. By Stephan Reinhardt, Wine Advocate Green apple, pear and pineapple, a little more subdued than the other two so far, even though it has pronounced sweetness. That said, this is lighter and more easy going, easier to drink perhaps or more versatile, but still with a silkiness and depth that is so remarkable with freshness and purity despite the sugariness. Gorgeous, peach and pear, creamy lemon, some vanilla and lemon verbena with wisps of sea salt acidity. Divine. 181.7g/l residual sugar. One of five wines in the line up, from the outstanding 2022 vintage, entering the Place de Bordeaux this September. Director and winemaker Gerhard Kracher. Georgina Hindle, Decanter The saline minerality immediately evident aromatically. This is more complex that the other cuvées and more evidently a wine of assemblage. That glorious slightly grilled, slightly charred pineapple note. Lime zest. Salted peanut brittle, again. Wild field honey. Pear. Peach belle Helene. Confit and fresh ginger. Toffee apple. Lanolin. On the palate this is not quite as viscous as it sometimes is, but that somehow gives more space for the fresh fruits to present themselves. It’s a little like the most wonderful fruit cocktail in a rich slightly burnt caramel syrup – one encounters the fresh and acidic fruits from a sea of richer, fuller and sweeter notes. Fresh pineapple with aeration in the mouth, and a little sesame seed. Great tension, as that implies, an impressive amplitude too and a kind of calm tranquillity despite the profound sense of energy and vibrancy. A little hint of coconut on the finish and ginger ale in the empty glass. The Drinks Business, Colin Hay Goldgelbe Farbe; komplexes Bukett; kandierte Orange, Blütenhonig, Nektarine; saftiger Wein; animierender Trinkfluss; gelber Pfirsich und Karamell im Abgang; zarter Gerbstoff; sehr langer Nachhall; Kumquats und Pfirsich im Rückaroma; hohes Potenzial. 97/100 Punkte. By Willi Balanjuk. A la carte Goldgelbe, leuchtende Farbe. Das Bouquet ist zwar intensiv, aber auf Tiefe und Vielfalt ausgerichtet. Die Nuancen variieren zwischen Himbeeren, Quitten, Maracuja und Ananas. Sie werden durch erdige Anklänge und Röstaromen ergänzt. Die Dichte am Gaumen passt gut zur Süße und Salzigkeit. Der Wein ist vollmundig, cremig und vor allem harmonisch. Herrliche Verbindung von Süße und Frische mit einem lieblichen, saftigen Finale. Ein mundender, begeisternder Wein mit langanhaltendem Nachklang. Yves Beck The 2022 Grande Cuvée Trockenbeerenauslese (TBA) No. 3 Nouvelle Vague Kollektion is a blend of 60% Chardonnay, fermented in new barrique, and 40% Welschriesling, fermented in a new 1,000-liter barrel. Candied lemon and lemon-infused honey are supple on the nose, slowly revealing their toasted hazelnut creaminess. The palate delivers full, smooth, immersive and multi-dimensional creaminess. Lemon notes persist throughout, while the wine remains sonorous, rich, exquisite, pure and remarkably smooth. Whoa. Anne Krehbiel 98/100 The Wine Advocate 98/100 Decanter 98/100 The Drinks Business, Colin Hay 97/100 Vinous 97/100 Willi Balanjuk 583 kJ / 139 kcal in 100ml

In der Nase entfalten sich verlockende Aromen von reifer Marille und duftigem Quittenkompott. Am Gaumen zeigen sich saftiger Pfirsich, aromatische Quitte und Apfelkompott, begleitet von einem Hauch Akazienhonig. Im Abgang bleiben feine Tabaknoten und ein Hauch Birne zuru¨ck, wa¨hrend sich wu¨rzige Kra¨uter und ein salziger Nachhall harmonisch entfalten. The 2006 #4 Chardonnay Trockenbeerenauslese Nouvelle Vague offers aromas and flavors of grilled pineapple, spiced apple, banana, and orange and vanilla cream. Yet for all of its gaudy side, and its honeyed botrytis and new wood patina, this also displays almost a Burgundian side of its grape, in its notes of toasted hazelnuts and wheat germ. Texturally, though, the impression here is more of juiciness and polish than of creaminess. In a remarkable display of self-sufficiency of which Chardonnay was memorably capable in Kracher’s hands, this multi-faceted elixir remains bright and refreshing, checking its sweetness before residual sugar can throw a blanket over a long finish that is spicy and invigorating. Kracher TBA No. 4 Nouvelle Vague Chardonnay 2006 (Burgenland, Austria; 100% Chardonnay; 189.8 g/L of residual sugar; 12% alcohol). Fascinating. Peanut brittle. Cordite. Werther’s Originals, which might not mean much outside of the UK – but, essentially, caramel meets butterscotch, with a more creamy mouthfeel and texture. Sorry, I digress! Brandysnaps! A little wild strawberry, which is wonderful and almost a hint of strawberry jam in the process of being made (gently bubbling nice a New Zealand geezer!). This is incredibly viscous in the mouth (we’re at No. 4 and we know there are higher levels of residual sugar, and hence viscosity, to come!) but what is amazing is that what one senses is the salinity, first, and then then freshness – never really the sucrosity. Another truly amazing wine from Kracher. Utterly unique and utterly brilliant. “It’s Chardonnay, Jim, but not as we know it!” (with apologies to Mr Spock from Star Trek). 96. /100 by Colin Hay The Drinks Buisness 93/100 The Wine Advocate / David Schildknecht

Leuchtende Bernsteinfarbe mit zarten Messingreflexen. Intensiv aromatisch mit Nuancen von tropischen Früchte wie Litschi, Mango, Ananas und Maracuja. Am Gaumen sehr konzentriert, fast ölig und cremig. Leichte Nougat- und Karamellnoten im Abgang. Kracher TBA No. 5 Zwischen den Seen Scheurebe 2006 (Burgenland, Austria; 100% Scheirebe; 183.2 g/L of residual sugar; 11.5% alcohol). Here we change register again, with more exotic fruits – lychees and guava, a little passionfruit too – alongside the now familiar quince and butter-softened apple. There’s a little black tea leaf too and a hint of both bergamot and smoke – so, Russian caravan tea leaf perhaps. Again, that remarkable acidity. Here it seems almost more intense as the wine has quite a narrow frame in the mouth. There’s a lovely combination of burnt orange rind and fresh mint on the finish. Wondrously sapid and salivating. 95. /100 by Colin Hay The Drinks Buisness

Notions of ripe black plum and black cherry come with a faint notion of tar on the brooding nose. The palate comes in with absolute concentration and real intent. The tannins, stuctured and fine, have begun to resolve but leave no doubt about the absolute backbone. This is a big, bold and also elegant wine that is just becoming approachable and will continue to evolve. (WineEnthusiast)

The 2022 Trockenbeerenauslese No 4 Scheurebe Zwischen den Seen is brilliant clear, intense and elegant, offering notes of Moroccan peppermint, dark chocolate, crushed salt, nettles and passion fruit. Very clear, vital and savory on the palate, this is an elegant and playful, perfectly balanced TBA with clear and elegant fruit and a richness that is uplifted by the fine, crystalline acidity. The wine, which has been vinified in stainless steel for nearly 30 months, develops a long and aromatic finish. It can easily be drunk today but also be aged for decades. By Stephan Reinhardt, The Wine Advocate Intense and vibrant from the off - orange and pineapple nose, baked and in a pie, not bitter or fresh more ripe. Chocolate, exotic mango and pineapple, just amazingly sweet though, a hint of sherbet-edged acidity gives the lift but the focus here is the rich fruit and heavenly sugar content. Well constructed and so full of enjoyment. Despite the concentration there's brightness, energy and purity of fruit among the sweetness. One of five wines in the line up, from the outstanding 2022 vintage, entering the Place de Bordeaux this September. Incredible. Director and winemaker Gerhard Kracher. Georgina Hindle , Decanter Helles goldgelb; ausgeprägtes vielschichtiges Fruchtspiel; Passionsfrucht, Pfirsich, Holunderblüte; lebendiger, fruchtiger Trinkfluss; fein verwobene Restsüße; Blütenhonig und Marille im Rückaroma; Riesenpotenzial. 97/100 Punkte. By Willi Balanjuk/ A la carte Was für eine Intensität und Vielfalt im Bouquet dieser Scheurebe. Es beginnt mit Noten von Ingwer, Rosenblättern und Muskatnuss. Mit ein wenig Luft ergänzen Düfte von Birnen, Quitten und Mandarinen diese ersten Eindrücke. In gewisser Weise erinnert mich das Bouquet an einen Muskateller oder einen Gewürztraminer. Am Gaumen besticht der Wein durch seine Fülle und die Balance zwischen Salzigkeit und Süße. Er ist lebhaft, fein, verführerisch und bereit, einige Jahrzehnte im Keller zu verbringen … wenn man ihm widerstehen kann, worüber ich mir nicht ganz sicher bin ?? Der Abgang ist lieblich, salzig und von ausgezeichneter Länge. The 2022 Scheurebe Trockenbeerenauslese No. 4 Zwischen den Seen Kollektion is a killer from the start, with superbly aromatic candied lemon and lemon il soaring from the glass. Deeper down, spiciness and savor mingle with juicy fruit and herbal spice, creating a tantalizing hint that is hard to pin down. The palate is all Mirabelle jelly, brightness, exquisite purity and juiciness, with linear sweetness absolutely guided and illuminated by lemon. Anne Krehbiel 97/100 The Wine Advocate 97/100 Decanter 97/100 Willi Balanjuk 97+/100 The Drinks Business 96/100 Vinous 607 kJ / 145 kcal in 100ml

The fire-red brick-colored 2022 Trockenbeerenauslese No 5 Rosenmuskateller Nouvelle Vague is a beautiful rarity that intermingles very fine oak, toast and nougat aromas with notes of candied cherries, red berries, flowers, nutmeg and pencil shavings. On the palate, this is a generously sweet but refined and elegant, almost weightless TBA whose richness is enormous but uplifted by salinity, delicate acidity and filigreed tannins. The finish is very long and savory and promises great aging capacity. This is the sweetest TBA of the vintage, but it's never clumsy or saturating. We just need to give it time. By Stephan Reinhardt, The Wine Advocate A wonderful dark red colour in the glass. Wow incredible nose, blood orange rind and gorgeously perfumed pot pour - incredibly floral. Filling but so smooth and effortless, silky, this is dangerously drinkable with a lovely slightly orange juice element alongside a nougat, nutty sugary peach and pear succulence. Rich, sweet, thick, weighty but refined too and lifted by threads of delicious salty acidity. The highest level of residual sugar in the five-wine line up, from the outstanding 2022 vintage, entering the Place de Bordeaux this September. Incredible. Director and winemaker Gerhard Kracher. Georgina Hindle, Decanter Not unlike no. 1 but with almost twice as much residual sugar. Raspberry puree. Almost too much. There is a load of acidity here – glory be – but it’s still almost at the limit. Rhubarb crumble. The Drinks Business, Colin Hay Transparentes Rubin, vielschichtige Aromatik von Erdbeere, Steinobst, Schokolade, kandierte Orange und Verbene; körperreich; balancierte Textur; Blütenhonig, Cranberry und gelber Pfirsich im Abgang; langer Nachhall; Nougat und Kirsche im Rückaroma. 96/100 Punkte. By Willi Balanjuk. A la carte Noten von Sauerkirschen, Erdbeeren und Pflaumen gehen Anklänge von Hagebutten und Rhabarber voraus. Der Wein ist dicht und lieblich im Auftakt. Er wird von bestens eingebundenen Tanninen unterstützt, die ihm eine wertvolle Kraft verleihen, während die Säurestruktur der Dichte und Süße entgegenwirkt. Dieser Wein zeichnet sich durch eine außergewöhnliche Harmonie zwischen Temperament und Tiefe aus. Er ist lieblich, kraftvoll, lang anhaltend und wird die kommenden Jahrzehnte hervorragend überdauern. Yves Beck The 2022 Rosenmuskateller TBA No. 5 Nouvelle Vague shows a smoky, translucent red color. Smokey aromas wrap around dried rose petals and baked damson plums. The palate is beautifully scented and does justice to the variety's name with wonderful rose oil overtones, flowing with concentration yet remaining nimble. Layer upon layer of plums and cherries unfold, revealing ever greater sweetness and freshness. What a marvel, what a beauty, what exquisiteness. Anne Krehbiel 653 kJ / 156 kcal in 100ml 98/100 Decanter 98/100 Vinous 97+/100 The Wine Advocate 96/100 Willi Balanjuk 95/100 The Drinks Business, Colin Hay

In der Nase entfalten sich Limetten, weiße Blüten, Grapefruit und einen Hauch von tropischer Mango, ergänzt durch feinen Akazienhonig. Am Gaumen ist er saftig, präzise und lebendig, mit klarer Säure und tropischer Frucht, die einem direkt entgegenspringt. Der Abgang ist lang, frisch durch Zitronenaromen und auch die exotischen Früchte wirken lange nach. Kracher TBA No. 7 Zwischen den Seen Scheurebe 2011 (Burgenland, Austria; 100% Scheurebe; 196.7 g/L of residual sugar; 9.5% alcohol). This too was aged in stainless steel, with 18 months of yeast contact. Scorched peach skin and baked peach flesh, candied apricot, a subtle rose petal note and burnt caramel and candyfloss. Rose Turkish delight and butterscotch, with just a hint of strawberry candy. This is quite classical in a way … at least aromatically. For, on the palate this blows you away with both the viscosity and the sheer impact of the vibrant acidity that pulses through this like the aftershocks of an earthquake. There’s incredible salinity here too, contributing to the visceral sense of viscosity in the mouth. Not for the first time with a Kracher Scheurebe, wow! 96. /100 by Colin Hay The Drinks Buisness

Die 2006 TBA No. 7 von Kracher zeigt in der Nase frische Zitrusnoten wie Zitronenzeste und Grapefruit, ergänzt durch kandierte Aprikose, Quitte, florale und honigige Nuancen sowie dezente Kräuter- und Mineralnoten. Am Gaumen ist der Wein straff, klar und konzentriert, die Süße elegant eingebunden. Aromen von Zitrus, Honig und feinen Kräutern verbinden sich mit einer subtilen Mineralität, die auf seine Herkunft und die Böden des Neusiedler Sees schließen lässt. Die Textur ist schlank, animierend und harmonisch. Der Abgang ist lang, frisch und vibrierend, mit zitrischen Noten, Honig und leichter Kräuterwürze. The green-gold-glinting 2006 #7 Welschriesling Trockenbeerenauslese Zwischen den Seen is another of Kracher’s testimonies to the potential of that ubiquitous and much unloved Central European grape variety. Scents of grilled pineapple, passion fruit, spruce resin, and browned sugar lead to a thickly-rich yet invigoratingly pungent and resinous palate, and the hugely-honeyed finish pulls up just short of becoming cloying. I would plan on revisiting this in several years. It will certainly be capable of holding up to a decade of cellaring, though whether any complexities gained will justify that, only time can tell us. Long-time readers know that I can be hard on Kracher’s Traminer TBAs because this naturally low-acid grape has trouble dealing with the huge levels of residual sugar they impose on it. 92/100 The Wine Advocate / David Schildknecht Kracher TBA No. 7 Zwischen den Seen Welschriesling 2006 (Burgenland, Austria; 100% Welschriesling; 206.1 g/L of residual sugar; 11% alcohol). Statistically, we might already be in the sucrose stratosphere, but (a) there’s more to come; and (b) you hardly notice it! Dried and fresh apricots, apricot compote, a little scorched pineapple and quince jam. Incredibly intense, once again, this is spherical in form in the mouth with a glacial, cool interior from whose heart the citrus acidity seems to radiate, pulsating as it does so. A wine of staggering freshness and sapidity given the level of residual sugar. Astonishing. 94. /100 by Colin Hay The Drinks Buisness

2021 Beerenauslese Cuvee Magnum The 2021 Rosenmuskateller Beerneauslese is a pale, amber-tinged red. This contains shriveled, dried berries without botrytis as well as botrytised fruit. Candied petals of Damask rose shimmer on the nose, trailing aromatic red fruit like rosehip and pomegranate. The palate is fully sweet and viscous, with a lovely web of tannins and a gorgeous tone of treacle that is brightened by that tart, red aromatic fruit and candied blood orange. The 2021 is layered, superbly aromatic, always with the haunting sensation of rose petals. This wine is alluring, beguiling, unusual and rare, with exquisite balance and superb freshness. 96/100 Vinous

In der Nase vielschichtig, fast schon ätherisch. Getrocknete Orangen- und Mandarinenzesten sowie Muskat, kandierter Ingwer und etwas Rosmarin. Am Gaumen getrocknete Aprikose, Feige, intensive Aromen von lang gereiften Früchten. Der Abgang ist sehr präzise und hallt lang nach mit einer leichten Salzigkeit und feiner Bitterorange im Nachhall. Kracher TBA No. 2 Zwischen den Seen Muskat Ottonel 2001 (Burgenland, Austria; 100% Muskat Ottonel; 210.9 g/L of residual sugar; 9.5% alcohol). This is simply divine aromatically and something of a contrast to the Traminer cuvée no. 1, with red berry fruits, apricot and nectarine the first notes to soar unsolicited from the glass (there’s no need to aerate or swirl). There’s fresh ginger and galangal too and a subtle hint of sesame seed. But it is the candied rose petal and rose Turkish delight on the palate that I perhaps love most of all, with hints of burnt caramel and green leaf tea. Long and slowly tapering on the fresh, vivid finish. 93. /100 by Colin Hay The Drinks Buisness

Dieser Traminer befindet sich gerade in einer sehr schönen Reifephase. Während die primäre Frucht langsam zurücktritt, gewinnen zarte Honignoten, kandierte Zitrusfrüchte, getrocknete Blüten, Kräuter und die feine Botrytiswürze an Tiefe. Ein unglaublich balancierter und eleganter Wein der sich über die Jahre hervorragend weiterentwickelt hat. Kracher TBA No. 1 Nouvelle Vague Traminer 2001 (Burgenland, Austria; 100% Traminer; 171.8 g/L of residual sugar; 11% alcohol). One thinks of sweet wines losing a little of their sucrosity with age, yet despite this being the oldest of the re-released wines that I’ve tasted so far and despite this having the lowest level of residual sugar of the bunch, it is the most obviously sweet-scented of the entire set of wines tasted. Candied ginger, butterscotch and burnt sugar, a little hint of the kind of florality one finds in scented soap and confit lemon and lime with a little apricot. This has a great sense of purpose and forward momentum in the mouth despite the considerable density and viscosity (which you’d think would slow it down). I love the signature peach flesh notes and the suggestion of the texture of peach flesh too – this is an amazingly tactile wine. Pure. Focussed and with a lovely coolness at the core of the mid-palate. Exquisitely refined and elegant. 92. /100 by Colin Hay The Drinks Buisness

Mittlerer, goldbrauner Ton. In der Nase reife Steinobstnoten, Marillenkonfitüre, zart nach Nüssen und Kräutern, ein sehr ideales Bild der Sorte, feine Honignote, sehr vielschichtig. Am Gaumen seidige, cremige Textur, bereits sehr gut in Balance, feines Säurespiel unterlegt, sehr gut integrierter Restzucker (290 gr), durchaus trinkanimierende Stilistik, bleibt sehr lange zurück, insgesamt sehr leichtfüßig wirkender Stil, der nicht auf 20 Jahre Reife schließen lässt. Verführerisch und elegant, hier wirkt alles wie selbstverständlich. Kracher TBA No. 9 Zwischen den Seen Welschriesling 2006 (Burgenland, Austria; 100% Welschriesling; 290.0 g/L of residual sugar; 8.5% alcohol). Gosh, there’s almost 100 g/l more residual sugar in this than the TBA cuvée no. 7, also from Welschriesling. And, but for the monumental viscosity of this, you might well not have any inkling. Aromatically this is extraordinarily elegant with a gloriously pure and intense menthol note – almost crème de menthe alongside the scorched caramel and burnt peach skin notes. Staggeringly fresh on the entry and intensely salivating in its salinity and very natural acidity, this is yet another unique and remarkable wine from Kracher. Almost infinite on the palate with the waves of silky sapid freshness sustaining this over the distant horizon. The menthol returns. 96. /100 by Colin Hay The Drinks Buisness