The Kaesler family sprung from Silesian pioneers who came to the Barossa Valley in the 1840's. They cleared the scrub and in 1893 started planting out the entire holding with Shiraz, Grenache, and Mataro well into the 1930s. Additional vines were planted in the 1960s, 1970s and up to the early 2000's. The gnarled, dry grown vines still remain today and provide the backbone of the intense, Old Vine wines that are produced here. The exceptional Kaesler wines now being produced had their beginning in 1997 when a young winemaker at Cellarmaster, Reid Bosward, just a few hundred meters away noticed the power and intensity of the fruit and decided to take a chance.
100% Old Vine Semillon from a 45 year old plot next to the Old Vine Shiraz vineyard on the estate. Stainless steel fermented with extended lees contact before racking.--Winemakers Note
Greenish yellow. Musky orange, white pepper and a smoky, stony element on the nose. Dense, supple and penetrating, offering zesty lime and pink grapefruit flavors and an intense mineral underpinning. Harmonious acidity frames the citrus and mineral flavors. An attractively nervy wine with very good closing cut and spicy length.--Josh Raynolds of Stephen Tanzer's International Wine Cellar
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