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| Community Tasting Notes (average 93.6 pts. and median of 93 pts. in 37 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by chbeaumont on 3/5/2020 & rated 91 points: Green tinged, mid amber; medicinal, iodine, orange peel, some botrytis; sweet, rich, powerful, shapely; finishes very long indeed. Has another 10 years to go. (1890 views) | | | Tasted by mmrmag on 4/30/2016: Carmelized and preserved fruit. Little fresh fruit left at this stage. Still excellent, but lacks freshness still present last year. (3716 views) | | | Tasted by jbaron on 2/14/2016 & rated 93 points: Sweet! I'd have liked more clarity and delineation, but perhaps that ship has sailed...? Still, nice. (3532 views) | | | Tasted by cardsandwine on 2/17/2015: This is just an awesome dessert wine that begins with a bouquet of petrol and apricots. On the palate it is full, rich and seemingly endless. With 252.7 g/l of residual sugar, the wine is in perfect harmony with the 9% abv and finishes with a nectar of the gods like magnificence. Truly a wine with tons of soul! (3974 views) | | | Tasted by Rani on 5/2/2013 & rated 94 points: Dark gold with an orange hue, notes of treacle, toffee, mango and papaya. Very sweet, unctuous, and maybe a little more acidity would have been better - but still an awesome dessert wine! (4127 views) | | | Tasted by mmrmag on 5/2/2012 & rated 91 points: Has become more honeyed with notes of chamomile, figs, grapes and apricots. Not as fresh and lively as in the past, which could be good or bad, depending on your tastes (5937 views) | | | Tasted by Rani on 11/24/2011 & rated 93 points: Tasted blind.
Dark copper-gold. Apricot, tea, wonderful sweetness and honey flavors, but with great acidity as well. I guessed Austrian TBA. (4294 views) | | | Tasted by Sleepy Dave on 10/26/2011 & rated 90 points: 2011 Casual Session - 21 @ Aoki (Aoki @ Shaw Centre): Alcohol :: 9%
2nd time to have this and this is clearly a better showing. Super intense and rich aromas, seductive! Peaches, apricot, sweet candy, rose syrup, spices and a little touch of earth. Similar to Donnhoff NH GG, this didn't show well when served well chilled but drinking beautifully when served in room temperature. Superb rich, viscous entry with excellent weight, but this never come across cloying nor heavy thanks to the lively acidity and abundant of dry extract and mineral for a solid backbone. Vibrant and smooth with complex flavors of preserve plum, honey, brown sugar, caramel pudding, red apple and a touch of black tea bitterness, very fresh! I really like the purity and balance here, very long finish too! 90-91 (5325 views) | | | Tasted by Gargantua on 10/23/2011 & rated 92 points: Tasting with Ron at the Day Apartment: How can you help but think to yourself, "Truly, this is the nectar of the gods". This was alive with fresh fruity acid underlying a honeyed core. I found the acid helped avoid any cloying character, but all the same, it would be a challenge to drink more than a few glasses of this alongside dessert. The RS could put me to sleep after a big meal with the delightful accompaniment we had of chocolate cake and fresh raspberries. (5200 views) | | | Tasted by Sleepy Dave on 6/2/2011: 2011 Casual Session - 7, When casual gone insane (Extra Space Boon Keng): 375ml. Very deep golden. Most of my buddies thought this was a Tokaji and after awhile, one of my buddies was spot on to guess this was a Alois Kracher! My first Kracher and indeed this give me lots of pleasure and I'm impressed. Very rich, almost cloying but thanks to the firm acid that give this a buffer hence relatively light in its category. Bortrytis spices dominated the aromas with dried apricot and peaches, touch of raisin too. Very dense on the palate and lots of power in it that's almost explosive. The highlight of this wine is the balance. The finishing is medium length, but It was slightly disjointed which suggested this wine need plenty more time to have better integration and evolution. Buy - Maybe. (5358 views) | | | Tasted by mmrmag on 5/12/2011 & rated 92 points: light amber/orange color- white rim
nose of apricot, pear fig and light honey
very viscousmouthfeel with honey and apricot (3375 views) | | | Tasted by JBVino on 12/25/2010: Great balance...sweet but not heavy...complex flavor profile...highly enjoyable. (3286 views) | | | Tasted by cardsandwine on 10/29/2010: Superb. Bouquet of apples, bananas & pineapples. Richly saturates the palate in balanced harmony with a magnificent finish. (3368 views) | | | Tasted by Topper on 9/12/2010 & rated 95 points: Light on it's feet with beautiful yet subtly complex flavors of peach, honey and fig. Can't imagine anyone not liking this wine. (3701 views) | | | Tasted by Milhous on 9/10/2010: wow. enjoyed over 5-6 days. unbelieveably rich and concentrated, but with just enough acid to keep it from being cloying. millions of flavors - honey, peach, spice, some prune, oranges and more. (3601 views) | | | Tasted by Paul S on 6/15/2010 & rated 94 points: Chambolle 1er Cru Night with Sasi (The Universal @ Duxton Hill): Excellent. This was a really one-of-a-kind wine. No one quite makes wines like Alois Kracher, and the fact that no one could even place the country when this was served blind spoke volumes. Really powerful on the nose. Intense and complex, the glass just filled up with rich scents of nectarine, apricots, flowery orange blossoms, rich honey tones and a nice wafting darjeeling tea lift. Tons and tons of botrytis on the palate. Super rich, thick, almost viscous, yet it had enough acidity woven into its almost oily texture so that the wine never came across as cloying in spite of its massive weight. Again, really powerful, intense flavours here - honey notes galore, orange peel, orange marmalade, candied stone fruits, all moving inexorably through the mouth into a long finish where more of that lovely black tea note peeked out amongst the golden, honeyed flavours. This really derserved a lot more time and age in the bottle, but hey, this was as good an occasion to pop it as any. (4574 views) | | | Tasted by botrytisvirtuoso1819 on 8/25/2009 & rated 98 points: nose; cinnamon, pineapple, and almonds.
palate; apricots, orange blossom honey, and heavy cream.
high acidity.
viscous.
was like something out of a dream.
extraordinary. (2492 views) | | | Tasted by kstoddard on 3/11/2008 & rated 95 points: Peaches, pears, earth and pineapple. Well balanced. Sweet but not cloying. Very full bodied. Long complex finish that lingers in your mouth for minutes. 9% alcohol. (4667 views) | | | Tasted by jeff nowak on 3/11/2008 & rated 93 points: excellent, but not displaying the unctious mouthfeel or as much acidity as i prefer. somewhat characteristic of chard TBA. (4490 views) | | | Tasted by goofy Yno on 3/11/2008 & rated 91 points: baked apple, pineapple. sweet with some complexity, long finish. (4414 views) | | | Tasted by mattiasjansson on 3/11/2008 & rated 92 points: Not quite at the same level as last time. Still solid, though. (4051 views) | | | Tasted by ColinR on 1/22/2008 & rated 93 points: Light amber; orange marmalade, apricots, honey, floral; sweet, orange zest, viscous, full body, decent acidity, long finish.
Unique, intense orange notes; rich and long. Not complex otherwise and slightly cloying. Enjoyed with fruit salad. (4476 views) | | | Tasted by drcbarroso on 11/26/2007 & rated 94 points: Beautiful wine showing fantastic, mouth-covering viscosity. Honey and light fruit abound in this wine, which blew an 88 Rieussec out of the water. Great balance and a finish that won't stop. (5059 views) | | | Tasted by kstoddard on 9/1/2007 & rated 97 points: Honey, pears with a beautiful floral character. Incredible mid palate complexity. Full bodied with a rich mouth feel. Great acidity. Possesses an amazing finish that lasts for minutes. 9% alcohol. (5336 views) | | | Tasted by jivey on 8/30/2007 & rated 96 points: Honey, peach, floral perfect balance between sweet and and acid without being cloying. One can never have too many Krachers! (4743 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
| By Peter Moser
Vinous, November/December 2005, IWC Issue #123
(Weinlaubenhof Alois Kracher Trockenbeerenauslese #7 Grand Cuvee (half bottle)) Subscribe to see review text. | By Chris Kissack
Winedoctor, May 2005
(Alois Kracher Grande Cuvée Trockenbeerenauslese #7 'NV') Subscribe to see review text. |
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| Alois Kracher Producer website
WineDoctor discussion: Regarded by many as the nation's greatest winemaker, Alois Kracher is a name to be reckoned with on the Austrian wine scene
The KrachersAlois Kracher(1959-2007): the Visionary They are not a typical family. This small, tightly woven and dedicated team is strongly rooted in Illmitz, at Austria´s Neusiedlersee - Lake Neusiedl -yet also is widely connected internationally. Gerhard Kracher is the young, highly energetic head of the wine estate, which he took over at full speed following the premature death of his father, Alois Kracher Jr. And Michaela Kracher, Gerhard's mother, keeps a close eye on the entire operation, even on the most hectic of days.
The wines from the Weinlaubenhof have long been in a class of their own. Practically no other sweet wines have reached such a high level of recognition worldwide, and only a few have come close to the high ratings Kracher wines continuously receive. Around the world, Kracher has become the synonym for noble sweet wines of ultimate perfection.
The Director: Gerhard Kracher, Vintage 1981
Whoever acquires such an inheritance must inevitably unite numerous and often adverse factors and characteristics. Since 2007, Gerhard Kracher has been running the winery that his grandfather founded and his father made famous around the world.
Although Gerhard is young, he is also highly experienced in the cellar and vineyards. He’s an authentic “Burgenländer”, devoted to the Seewinkel while open to the world - a globetrotter who likes Californian cuisine and the way of life in the south of France. While he knows exactly what he owes to the tradition of his house, he also never stops looking to the future, searching for new ideas, being curious about new trends and innovations.
Gerhard Kracher acquired a business management education and since 2001 has been working full-time in the family operation. Step by step, he took over the responsibility of the individual markets, began representing the winery at international events and gained important experience from distribution partners in the USA.
The Mother: Michaela Kracher, Vintage 1961
She pulls all of the strings. Not only does she manage the winery´s over-flowing business calendar, but she also coordinates the orders and exports of Kracher wines as well as ensures that the winery runs smoothly.
The Father: Alois Kracher Jr. 1959 - 2007
"Luis" was one of the great visionaries of wine-growing. Not only did he spearhead the “Austrian wine miracle” in the 1990s, but he was also the engine for the worldwide sweet wine renaissance. The entire wine world mourned when Luis, long before his time, passed away in 2007. Educated as a chemist, he was nearly 30 years old by the time he joined his father´s winery after years of working in the pharmaceutical sector. But it wasn´t long before he created a new dessert wine style demonstrating that fruit, finesse and balance are more important than sweetness alone.
Alois Kracher created an international sensation for the first time with his 1991 vintage wines, and soon after, his name became – especially in America - a synonym for cult sweet wines. Year after year, the international wine media celebrated his Beerenauslesen and Trockenbeerenauslesen. But this was not enough for Luis. With an indefatigable quest for innovation, he always found new products that would feature his noble sweet wines as a key ingredient - from blue cheese, grape jelly and chocolate to pomace brandy and vinegar. Moreover, he established friendships between China and California and travelled the world as an ambassador for Austria´s delicious delights. More …
The Grandfather: Alois Kracher Sr., 1928 - 2010
The grandfather was, in his own way, a pioneer as well. Alois Sr. saw the potential of the region much earlier than most others. And he produced great sweet wines from noble rotten grapes in the Seewinkel long before everyone else began to discover them.
Alois Sr. truly loved his vineyards. Even in his later years, he spent a great deal of his time outside - going through the rows of the vines. He knew every vine by heart, and observed each one carefully; he knew what each parcel required - and demanded. And his profound knowledge is still drawn on today by the generations who have followed him.Chardonnay BlendGrenacheAustria Wein aus Österreich (Österreichischen Weinmarketinggesellschaft) | Austrian Wine Classifications (Winemonger.com)Burgenland Wein Burgenland | Burgenland Region Introduction with Map (Winemonger.com)Neusiedlersee On weinlagen-info |
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