Weingut Kracher

Weingut Kracher

Alois Kracher was one of the world’s great winemakers: a visionary who created a new style of sweet wine in Austria, based on fruit, finesse and balance. He insisted on vinifying individual vineyards separately, thus giving each wine an individual character. His wines became cult classics, loved bycritics and wine drinkers worldwide. Now his son, Gerhard who has worked with his father since 2001, has seamlessly taken on the mantle.

Neusiedlersee
AUSTRIA

The special love with which he treated the different grape varieties

along with his tireless discussions and efforts that encompassed both tradition and innovation ensured Alois Kracher won countless awards and vast recognition.

Today, Gerhard manages the winery with the help of his partner Yvonne.

The range offered by what is undoubtedly the most widely known Austrian wine estate features the world-famous Trockenbeerenauslesen as well as Beerenauslesen, Auslesen, Eiswein (ice wine) and small amounts of dry white and red wines.

Viticulture

The Kracher Winery lies in the Seewinkel area of Austria´s Burgenland. Here, through the evaporative periods of Lake Neusiedl, the evening fog and the warm Pannonian climate, continuous warm-humid weather patterns are dominant and, therefore, allow for Botrytis cinerea to be generated. This is what provides the basis for the fantastic sweet wines such as Beerenauslese and Trockenbeerenauslese. From the grape varieties Welschriesling, Chardonnay, Traminer, Scheurebe, Muskat-Ottonel and, from time to time even Zweigelt, Alois Kracher created each year 10 to 15 different Trockenbeerenauslesen wines in two different styles.

Winemaking

Zwischen den Seen (“in between the lakes”) are the wines which are matured in large wooden barrels or steel tanks, and undergo long yeast contact in order to deliver freshness, fruit und primary grape aromas into the bottle. The wines of the Nouvelle Vague line are marked by barrique ageing with air exchange during maturation. Vivid and lively in taste, depth, spiciness and length are these wines notable characteristics.

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2022

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