The Winery Kracher of Burgenland of Weinland

Winery Kracher
The winery offers 145 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.
It is ranked in the top 5 of the estates of Weinland.
It is located in Burgenland in the region of Weinland

The Winery Kracher is one of the largest wineries in the world. It offers 145 wines for sale in of Burgenland to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Located in the beautiful landscape of Illmitz in the heart of the Burgenland region of Austria, the Kracher Estate is an internationally recognized prestigious winery. Founded and managed by the Kracher family for several generations, the estate has managed to preserve a traditional penchant for craftsmanship while adopting an innovative approach in winemaking. Spread over an impressive area, the vineyard is based on a unique mineral soil combining limestone, shale and sand, thus giving the grapes a subtle but unbeaten flavor. The region's climate, with its hot, dry summers and mild winters, allows a slow and regular ripening of the grapes, which results in intense concentration and deliciously fresh aromas. The Kracher Estate's production is recognized for its excellent quality and diversity. It produces white, red and especially its specialty, world-renowned dessert wines. The Kracher estate relies on the meticulous use of handpicked grapes, combined with controlled fermentation and precise maturation, to ensure that each bottle faithfully represents Illmitz's unique terroir. Over the years, the Dolce Vita Kracher, the estate's iconic cuvée, has received numerous awards and acclaims for its exceptional quality. Endowed with luxurious richness, balanced acidity and length in the mouth, this wine precisely demonstrates the estate's commitment to excellence. The warm atmosphere and friendly welcome of the Kracher Estate promise an unforgettable wine tourism experience. Guided tours of the cellar offer a fascinating insight into winemaking and include tasting a selection of the estate's finest wines.

Top Winery Kracher wines

Looking for the best Winery Kracher wines in Burgenland among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Kracher wines. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be suitable with the wines from this area. Learn more about the region and the Winery Kracher wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top sweet wines of Winery Kracher

Food and wine pairings with a sweet wine of Winery Kracher

How Winery Kracher wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of chickpeas spanish style, lamb tagine with dried apricots or rabbit legs with fresh cream.

Organoleptic analysis of sweet wines of Winery Kracher

On the nose the sweet wine of Winery Kracher. often reveals types of flavors of tree fruit, apricot or caramel and sometimes also flavors of orange, honey or non oak.

The best vintages in the sweet wines of Winery Kracher

  • 1995With an average score of 4.80/5
  • 1998With an average score of 4.60/5
  • 2001With an average score of 4.53/5
  • 1999With an average score of 4.50/5
  • 2007With an average score of 4.50/5
  • 2008With an average score of 4.35/5

The grape varieties most used in the sweet wines of Winery Kracher.

  • Welschriesling
  • Chardonnay
  • Scheurebe
  • Traminer
  • Zweigelt
  • Muscat Ottonel

Discovering the wine region of Burgenland

Burgenland is a large wine-producing region on the eastern border of Austria. Despite the country's image as the producer of some of the world's finest white wines, Austria is also home to a thriving red wine culture: Burgenland, with its sunny, continental summers, is the country's key red wine region, with its wines based mainly on the Blaufränkisch and Zweigelt grape varieties. Sweet, botrytized wines are also a specialty of the region, particularly in the Terroir surrounding the Neusiedlersee lake. The region occupies a narrow strip of land that runs from the Danube River down to Steiermark in the South.

On its eastern side is the border with Hungary, and to the west Lies the most eastern foothills of the Alps. Steiermark aside, Burgenland is one of Austria's southernmost wine regions, and topographically is more aligned with Hungary than with much of the rest of Austria. Burgenland is home to four DAC appellations: from North to south; Neusiedlersee, Leithaberg, Mittelburgenland and Eisenberg. Within each of these zones, any wines which do not conform to the particular classification are labeled with the Burgenland appellation Burgenland's Lake Neusiedl (Neusiedlersee) is one of the viticultural focus points of the region.

It stores summer heat from the Pannonian Plain, an expansive, Warm area which covers much of Hungary and eastern Austria, effectively lengthening the ripening season into autumn. Humidity from the lake promotes the spread of noble rot (Botrytis cinerea) in the regions of Seewinkel and Rust. The Ausbruch, Beerenauslese and Trockenbeerenauslese wines that are made near the lake are among the finest and most sought-after in the world. However the Neusiedlersee DAC applies to red wines based on the Zweigelt grape variety.

The top red wines of Winery Kracher

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Kracher

How Winery Kracher wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or pork such as recipes of beef tenderloin wellington, seven o'clock leg of lamb or pork chops with curry and honey.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Kracher

On the nose the red wine of Winery Kracher. often reveals types of flavors of oak, black fruit or non oak and sometimes also flavors of earth, spices or red fruit.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Kracher

  • 2012With an average score of 3.92/5
  • 2010With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.83/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2008With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.75/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Kracher.

  • Zweigelt
  • Merlot
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Blaufränkisch
  • St. Laurent

Discover the grape variety: Pinot blanc

Pinot Blanc is a grape variety that originated in Burgundy, mutated from Pinot Gris. Today, it is grown in Alsace where it is called klevner when blended with auxerrois. The continental climate, with its cold winters and hot summers, is particularly suited to pinot blanc. It is resistant to frost in winter and in summer, the roots draw the minerals it needs from the warm soil. Its bunches are made up of small berries with thick skins and melting pulp that produce fruity, spicy wines, balanced between acidity and alcohol. pinot blanc is also used for crémants and sparkling wines. Pinot Blanc is also used for Crémant and sparkling wines. It is widely grown in Italy, where it covers almost 7,000 hectares, and is also found in Germany, Austria, Canada and South Africa.

The top sparkling wines of Winery Kracher

Food and wine pairings with a sparkling wine of Winery Kracher

How Winery Kracher wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of lamb, pork or rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) such as recipes of irish stew, cantonese rice or baked salmon mediterranean style.

Organoleptic analysis of sparkling wines of Winery Kracher

On the nose the sparkling wine of Winery Kracher. often reveals types of flavors of earth, microbio or tree fruit and sometimes also flavors of citrus fruit, red fruit.

The best vintages in the sparkling wines of Winery Kracher

  • 0With an average score of 3.60/5

The grape varieties most used in the sparkling wines of Winery Kracher.

  • Chardonnay
  • Zweigelt
  • Weissburgunder

The word of the wine: Tense

Said of a lively and nervous wine.

The top pink wines of Winery Kracher

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Kracher

How Winery Kracher wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of lamb, pork or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of lamb curry with coconut milk, jambalaya (louisiana) or salad with 4 cheeses and 2 fruits.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery Kracher

  • 2009With an average score of 3.40/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.40/5

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Winery Kracher.

  • Zweigelt

Discover the grape variety: Scheurebe

German grape variety obtained in 1916 by Georg Shere (1879/1949). It was given until then as coming from a cross between Riesling and Sylvaner, but genetic tests have shown that its father is the Bouquettraube (Bukettrebe), and it is closely related to the Kerner. The Scheurebe can be found in Austria, Germany, Belgium, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Italy, Slovenia, Great Britain, the United States (California, Virginia, ...), Canada (Ontario, British Columbia, ...), ... practically unknown in France.

The top white wines of Winery Kracher

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Kracher

How Winery Kracher wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of zucchini lasagna, round zucchini stuffed with tuna or magic cake cheese quiche.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Kracher

On the nose the white wine of Winery Kracher. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of tree fruit, citrus fruit or dried fruit. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Kracher. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Kracher

  • 2016With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.88/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.72/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.60/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Kracher.

  • Chardonnay
  • Welschriesling
  • Scheurebe
  • Pinot Blanc
  • Muscat Ottonel

The word of the wine: Presses

The juice that results from pressing the grapes after fermentation. At the end of the maceration, the vats are emptied, the first juice obtained is called the free-run wine and the marc remaining at the bottom of the vat is then pressed to give the press wine. We say more quickly "the presses". Their quality varies according to the vintage and the maceration. A too vigorous extraction releases the tannins of pips and the wine of press can then prove to be very astringent. Often the winemaker raises it separately, deciding later whether or not to incorporate it totally or partially into the grand vin.

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Discover the grape variety: Zweigelt

Intraspecific crossing between the saint laurent and the limberger realized in 1922 and in Austria by Fritz Zweigelt (1888/1964) who named it rotburger. Very well known in Austria, it can be found in most Eastern countries, Japan, Germany, Great Britain, the Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland, Italy, Canada, the United States, etc. In France, it is not very well known and yet this variety has interesting qualities when vinified as a single variety for both red and rosé wines. - Synonyms: rotburger, klosterneuburger, zweigelt blau, blauer-zweigelt in Germany, zweigeltrebe in Austria, Great Britain and the Czech Republic, blauer zwelgetrabe in Hungary, etc. (for all the synonyms of the grape varieties, click here !)

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