2013 Chardonnay TBA No. 3 Nouvelle Vague Kracher

Kracher's 2013 Chardonnay Trockenbeerenauslese No 3 Nouvelle Vague offers a very fine and intense, but also refreshing and spicy nose, with pineapple and lemon aromas. Sweet and rich on the palate, this is a highly sweet but fresh and firmly structured wine with a long, compact finish. There is a beautiful grip and tannin structure, due to the new oak barrels.

The 2013 Chardonnay Nouvelle Vague TBA is frankly an eye-opening wine. Deep, voluptuous and resonant in the glass, the Chardonnay impresses from the very first taste. Aging in oak really brings out varietal character. Passionfruit, apricot jam, dried flowers, cedar and tobacco all develop. More than anything else, it is the wine's textural richness that impresses most.