My first Kracher...$60/375ml, cork was seeping. I bought this one 'cause I wanted to try something made from Scheurebe, probably should have had my Phelps first 'cause I may be ruined for life after this...
Deep golden color. Strong honeyed nose showing substantial botrytis, orange blossom, apricot, and peaches. In the mouth this is just hugely thick, rich, and creamy/velvety... peach pie in a glass with some butterscotch candy to boot. I think the number 9 refers to its viscosity, just short of 10 weight. The finish might end someday...I could go for just a touch more acid to pair with the extremely lush texture, but that's not meant to take away anything from this extroardinary wine as it's not cloying though you'd think it should be. Will be interesting to see where this is in ten years, my guess is out of this world. Parker 98, me 95++

Stealth-

I've had this in the last month, but too lazy to put up notes. Felt similar, 94-ish but with plenty of room to improve in the bottle. Too young now. Will wait several years before opening another.

This wine has many similarities to really top notch Hungarian Tokaji Aszu Essenczia. This vintage's fairly different flavor profile than the 98's , and apparently the '00's as well (per another poster), as it has more acid and a different grape, since the higher concentration Krachers of those years have been Chardonnay or Welschriesling.

Hmmm, interesting Stealth. I do not know too much about these Wines. Had a few @ our NJ Wine-tasting dinners (a couple of times). I liked it. People were generous enough to bring. Did not know that they are this expensive. People are really generous then...

I know that it is your 1st. But, $60.00/375ml sounds expensive to me. Wow. Is that what these usually cost (may be others can answer that).

I would like to buy some of these (as Dessert wines/after-Dinner drinks), but that is very expensive. Boy ohh boy...

I wouldn't be surprised to find this lower...somewhere, not a lot of this to go around. The lower numbers are cheaper, with prices at the $40 level. For the '99 Vintage there are two Scheurebe wines, I think the other one is #5 (???), I think it was mid forties in price, low-mid 90s in score from RP

Thanks. Don't know if I am going to be jumping to pay $60.00 per 375ml of a bottle of Wine. But, I did find those couple of times that I tried it to be very nice. Why so expensive?!? Too bad...

Stealth, I realize that I'm a minority of one on this, but I believe Scheurebe is the greatest of all dessert wine grapes. I brought a German Scheurebe Eiswein to the NY Syrah dinner and everybody loved it. The rich grapey taste and crisp balancing acidity make this my favorite.

Board-O, I hoped you would see this as your posts got me interested in this grape and TBA's in general. Your palate has not steered me wrong yet and I appreciate it. One wine isn't surely enough to make a judgement on my own appreciation of this grape, but I surely am intrigued. The richness is quite enthralling.

I think one of the reasons I like it so much has to do with my childhood. We lived in the country and there were wild grapes growing on the edge of the forest near us. I believe those grapes must have been Scheurebe, because when I tasted my first Scheurebe dessert wine, I immediately thought of the wild grapes we used to pick. The intrense fruity, grapey taste of Scheurebe dessert wines is what I like most about them. With the copious acidity, thwese wines never seem cloying.

Gentlemen, thank you for your notes. I just procured a bottle of this from Morrell's while in Manhattan over the weekend. Deep into the cellar it goes.

Dick

Dick, I hope I'm partially responsible for this. I sent you that Bissersheimer Scheurebe Beerenauslese because I thought you'd love it.

You are totally correct....the empty Bender sits here in front of me on the computer. Many thanks again!

Dick

I just finished the bottle last night, gooooood to the last drop, probably would cure a cold as well. I bought some of the #5 the other day which is Scheurebe as well, will probably open sometime soon to compare. Great stuff.

Glad to hear it. Sometimes I think I sound like a broken record on that grape.