Today is finally the day – the release of the Kracher Collection 2021 is just around the corner. This exceptional collection reflects a year marked by great challenges. Thanks to the utmost care and perfect timing during the harvest, we have managed to produce grapes of outstanding quality that define the unique character of our noble sweet Trockenbeerenauslesen.
We have already received the first reviews from renowned critics, which we are, of course, eager to share with you. This way, you can get an exclusive preview of the Kracher Collection 2021 today.
| 2021 TBA No. 1 Traminer | Another Kracher marvel. A wine of incredible purity and precision – aromatically, in terms of the detail of the mid-palate and, indeed, texturally. White pear and apricot vie for attention, each beautifully detailed like a grand master’s water colour – but as one comes into focus the other blends into the background (like turning an analogue radio dial for those with long memories). There’s a little butterscotch, a searing fresh citrus acidity that really holds this all together and brings fantastic energy and tension and a wondrous natural salinity that comes from this unique terroir. Brilliantly vivid and incredibly eloquent. 96+. Colin Hay -----
96+/100 Colin Hay 94/100 The Wine Advocate 94/100 Yves Beck 94/100 James Suckling 93/100 Falstaff 18/20 René Gabriel | |
| 2021 TBA No. 2 Zweigelt | Shocking dark pink. Fascinating. Miraculously, we have poached white pear in red wine, with a touch of clove and cinnamon. Confit raspberry; confit wild strawberry. Prune. Cognac-doused red cherries. A little apricot and, more on the palate than aromatically, Seville orange marmalade. Viscous, full and rich, yet brilliantly bright, lifted and charged with tension for a wine with nearly 200 g/l of residual sugar. Pure, but perhaps the least complex of these, but with a lovely saline note on the finish. Kracking – Krach-ing perhaps! 94+. Colin Hay --- 95/100 The Wine Advocate 94+/100 Colin Hay 94/100 Falstaff 93/100 James Suckling 93/100 Yves Beck 19/20 René Gabriel | l |
2021 TBA No. 3 Grande Cuvée |
This is the principle release on la place, with the other cuvées only available as part of the 2024 collection case. Apricot pure and simple – but painted by a great master in finely pixilated detail. A little candyfloss and peanut brittle – burnt sugar bitterness. So pure and precise. Very Lafaurie Peyraguey with lanolin and a little pineapple on the palate too. A little granny smith too and nectarine flesh and skin. Saline – massively so – and that brings concentration and density. Massively impactful and so pure. 98. Colin Hay
---- 20/20 René Gabriel 98/100 Yves Beck 98/100 Colin Hay 97/100 The Wine Advocate 96/100 Falstaff 95/100 James Suckling 95/100 Jane Anson |
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2021 TBA No. 4 Rosenmuskateller | Stunning. Baked apples and cinnamon, poached pear in red wine, red cherry. Rich, yet with that Kracher-signature freshness. This is, if I’m honest, not my favourite varietal for this kind of wine – but here, not for the first time, I make an exception. Maybe less complex than some of the others, but glorious as and for what it is. 95. Colin Hay ---- 96/100 The Wine Advocate 96/100 Falstaff 95/100 Yves Beck 95/100 Colin Hay 94/100 James Suckling 18/20 René Gabriel |
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2021 TBA No. 5 Scheurebe | This is wondrously indulgent. Caramel au beurre salé, peanut brittle, brandy snaps, fresh ginger, ginger ale, fresh peach, nectarine and while pear. A touch of angelica too and candied citrus peel. Rich, viscous and glossy, but with great poise, tension and energy coming from the bitingly fresh acidity. It acts like tannin, grip and directing the fruit and preventing this from even thinking of becoming fat or heavy. The effect is bold and dramatic and that makes this one of the real stars of the Collection case this year. I love the ginger note that runs through this from start to finish. 97. Colin Hay ----98/100 The Wine Advocate 97/100 Falstaff 97/100 Yves Beck 97/100 Colin Hay 96/100 James Suckling 19/20 René Gabriel |
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2021 TBA No. 6 Welschriesling | With close to 340 g/l of residual sugar we enter into a different realm of viscosity here, but still with an amazingly visceral sense of freshness. Freshly grated coconut, buttered and gently toasted brioche, a little frangipane and roasted blanched almonds and a hint of grilled pineapple. On the palate I am reminded a little of Lafaurie Peyraguey – lanolin and pineapple, lime zest. This is, amazing though it is to write, incredibly delicate and subtle. It’s even a little introvert but with the most fabulous texture. Utterly captivating and difficult to imagine without tasting it. So what (other than the vanishingly small quantities produced) is stopping you? 96. Colin Hay 99/100 The Wine Advocate 98/100 Yves Beck 97/100 Falstaff 96/100 James Suckling 96/100 Colin Hay 19/20 René Gabriel |
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Die Kracher Kollektion 2021 ist ab dem 11. September 2024 natürlich direkt bei uns im Shop unter shop.kracher.at und über den Place Bordeaux erhältlich. Die exklusive Kollektionskiste ist, wie jedes Jahr, streng auf nur 320 Stück limitiert.