2019 TBA #10 Grande Cuvee Nouvelle Vague

Blending 60% Welschriesling vinified in Slavonian oak vats of 1,000 and 1,500 liters and 40% Chardonnay aged in barriques, the 2019 Trockenbeerenauslese No. 5 Grande Cuvée Nouvelle Vague opens with a clear and concentrated, noble and finely toasty bouquet of ripe and stewed peaches and quinces with refreshing lemon juice and very fine toast aromas. On the palate, this is a rich and generous but highly refined and elegant TBA with a long, intense and saline finish that reveals very fine cumquat bitters. This is a beautifully balanced and extremely long TBA with very fine tannins and cedarwood notes. A beauty with great complexity and immense aging potential. 10% stated alcohol. Natural cork. Tasted at the domaine in July 2022.

RS 205 g/l, TA 7.1 g/l. Fermented and aged in new barriques for 28 months. As usual, this is 60% Welschriesling and 40% Chardonnay and, to judge from the nose, this is a very happy combo. Pale apricot colour. Smooth as satin and very rich, but with the skein of acidity brought by the Welschriesling nicely moderating the sweetness. No obvious oak at all. Long, vibrant, tangy finish with a suggestion of candied hazelnuts. Rather more complex than some of its stablemates. (JR)

Amber and burnt orange in colour, with powerful luscious apricots on the attack. Sweet silky texture, clashes in the best possible way between luxurious sweetness and biting orange peel and lime zest acidity, giving the contrast, and light and shade that you really need in a sweet wine. 6,000 bottles of Kracher in half bottles on the place. Serve cool. Another first timer on the Bordeaux system this year, 7.1g/l acidity, 205g/l residual sugar, fermented and aged in 100% new oak.