Wine Advocate 98 points!
Wine Advocate 98 points!"As good as the preceding wines may be, they pale in the shadow of the 2005 Shiraz "Old Bastard," sourced from a 114-year-old vineyard, and which spent 22 months in new and one-year-old French oak. It presents a superb perfume of cedar, violets, lavender, smoked meat, game, black raspberry, and blueberry. This leads to a voluptuous, velvety-textured, layered, super concentrated Shiraz in perfect balance with well-concealed tannins and a 60-second, pure finish. Give it 6-8 years and drink it through 2035. The Kaesler family, of Silesian origin, emigrated to the Barossa in the 1840s. The winemaking is in the hands of Reid Bosward and Stephen Dew."
Wine Advocate #173 Oct 2007
"Single vineyard wine made from fruit sourced from our 1893 block of Shiraz. These vines yield less than 1 tone to the acre and are dry grown, hand pruned and picked.
Dark fruits like blackberry & blackcurrant mixed with the forest of oak, chocolate and spice. Rounded & supple, yet tight on the palate with good length. Seamless tannins and well balanced."
Tasting Notes, www.kaesler.com.au
Country:
Australia
Region:
SA- Barossa Valley
Variety:
Wine Red - Shiraz
Size:
750mL
