2006 Alois Kracher Scheurebe TBA #12 Zwischen den Seen

Community Tasting Notes (3) Avg Score: 93.7 points

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  11/11/2020 - forceberry wrote: 95 Points

  Made from late-harvested, botrytized grapes. As the wine is #12, it is made from very late-harvested grapes resulting in a super-unctuous wine (the number signals the style with the lowest number meaning lightest TBAs with the lowest residual sugar). As opposed to the Nouvelle Vague TBAs (which are aged in new oak barrels), this wine is aged for 21 months in stainless steel tanks on the lees. 6% alcohol, 373,3 g/l residual sugar and 7,5 g/l acidity.
  
  Medium-deep bronze color. Open and rather voluptuous nose with intense aromas of orange marmalade, dried pineapple, mushroomy botrytis, some turmeric-driven notes of Indian spices, a little bit of developed nuttiness, light honeyed tones and a hint of apricot jam. The wine is ridiculously full-bodied, extremely sweet and noticeably viscous on the palate with a quite sticky mouthfeel and very concentrated flavors of dried pineapple, apricot jam, quite pronounced honeyed tones, some orange marmalade, a little bit of saffron, light spicy notes of cloves, a funky Brie rind hint of botrytis and a touch of maple syrup. The acidity feels high, but it offers no counterpoint whatsoever to the overwhelming sweetness and heavy viscosity. The finish is very long, sweet and sticky with intense flavors of dried pineapple, pronounced honeyed tones, some fruit salad with syrup and all, a little bit of orange marmalade, light evolved nuances of roasted walnuts, a hint of beeswax and a touch of apricot jam.
  
  A very impressive and inspiring concoction. This is very, very sweet - cloying, even - and perhaps a bit too much so, since even the high acidity doesn't offer much freshness nor structure to the wine. But I don't mind - this is just so outrageously tasty. Sure, the wine drinks more like syrup than wine, but as a meditative wine, this goes down perfectly. It also paired wonderfully with crépes and maple syrup. The wine is starting to show some signs of maturity, but it isn't peaking yet. Most likely the wine needs another 10 years or so before it reaches its plateau of maturity and then it will stay there for years more. Delightful stuff, priced according to its quality at 30€ for a 0,375-liter bottle.

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  4/13/2020 - dinan Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Deep amber, pronounced nose of cane sugar, melon, caramel, treacle, candied orange peel. Sweet palate, medium acidity, low alcohol, full-body, pronounced fruit intensity, medium finish, aroma notes all present on the palate along with a hint of ginger. Very good balance between the fruit, sweetness and acidity. Very intense fruit with complex primary and tertiary defined flavour characteristics that elevate this above good. Just lacking in fruit length on the finish to make this more than Very Good. Suitable for bottle ageing owing to the concentration of fruit and balancing acidity will develop more tertiary notes with age.

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  2/7/2015 - soyhead wrote:

  nose - dried apricot, honey, white peach, honeysuckle. wow nose
  mouth - white peach, unctuous, lovely, sweet, and very concentrated.

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