98-Points by Robert Parker's Wine Advocate - Stephan Reinhardt, Aug 2023.
The 2020 Trockenbeerenauslese No. 4 Grande Cuvée Nouvelle Vague is based on 70% Welschriesling (vinified in large oak casks) and 30% Chardonnay (aged in barriques) and opens with an intense and concentrated bouquet with spicy quince aromas, lemon chutney, candied lemons, ripe and lush apricots and pineapples, hints of nougat, caramel and salt. It is very deep and complex but also refined, fresh and very elegant! Round, intense and highly refined on the palate, this is a saline and elegant, seemingly weightless Grande Cuvée that develops a spectacularly long and intense finish with salts and concentrated fruits such as melons, apricots, lemons, quinces and grapefruit. The aftertaste is intense and very long but of great finesse and elegance. This is a gorgeous wine, indeed, that is stunning a day after the opening and will need about a decade or more to gain even more complexity. 10% stated alcohol.
 
98-Points by Decanter - Georgina Hindle, Jul 2023.
The second release on the Place de Bordeaux, and a stunning wine from Gerhard Kracher in 2020. Beautifully honeyed caramel, lemon, peach and apricot notes on the nose, candied, dried and fresh with salted caramel and biscuit aromas too. Freshness straight away, a scintillating acidity that lifts the expression instantly and gives energy, life and focus. This is sweet no doubt, and you feel the richness in the weight and texture, but it also has this amazing salty, minerality underneath not only giving nuance and complexity but offsetting the sugary, ginger, cinnamon, pineapple and pear mid palate. A wonderfully compelling wine, with so much crystalline purity and ease about it. Defined, focussed, interesting and perfectly balanced. I absolutely adore it! 210g residual sugar. 7.6g/l acidity. Chardonnay fermented in barriques and Welschriesling in large wooden barrels for 30 months. Like last year, a special wooden collection box will also be available featuring this wine and other cuvées of different grape varieties and sweetness levels (this one being number four).
 
In Austria, Prädikatswein is based on minimum must weight in °KMW, and Kabinett is not part of the Austrian Prädikat ladder; it is a separate Qualitätswein category. Austrian Prädikatswein, the key thing is that the level tells you ripeness/must weight, not a fixed finished sweetness or alcohol. Legally, Prädikatswein must have at least 5.0% actual alcohol, the grapes cannot be chaptalised, and any residual sugar has to come from the grapes themselves via natural or interrupted fermentation.
By increasing minimum must weight, the Austrian Prädikat categories are:
Spätlese — at least 19 °KMW
Auslese — at least 21 °KMW
Beerenauslese (BA) — at least 25 °KMW
Eiswein — at least 25 °KMW
Strohwein / Schilfwein — at least 25 °KMW
Trockenbeerenauslese (TBA) — at least 30 °KMW
Ruster Ausbruch DAC — at least 30 °KMW; in current Austrian classification, this is the protected Rust designation associated with Ausbruch/TBA-style sweet wine.