Kaesler
Stonehorse Estate Grown Shiraz
Barossa Valley, Barossa, South Australia, Australia
20170213 WineDirect w22492w
JH 91; RP93
When to drink: 2010 to 2015
Drank:20170217
Color: dark
Taste: dark fruit and fruity
Body: Medium to full
Ready once open, no need to breathe
After taste: not last long
Nose: n/a with mild running nose
15.5%
Description:Kaesler is a privately owned wine company that produces estate grown wines from vineyards as old as 1893. The Kaesler family were pioneers who settled in the Barossa Valley in the 1840's. In 1891 they bought a parcel of land and in 1893 planted their first vines. Today Kaesler wines are made from these ancient, dry grown vineyards, by the third owners of this magnificent property.
Tasting Note:A fruit-driven, exotic, in-your-face cuvee, the 2003 Shiraz Stonehorse (which spends time in old oak) does not possess the structure found in the Old Vine The Hammer. It offers lovely black cherry and blackberry fruit as well as medium to full body, but not as much espresso roast, vanilla, or tannin as the 2002 Old Vine. This richly fruity offering sells for a song. It should drink well for a decade or more. It is a great introduction to the more seriously structured, denser Kaesler style.
Vintage:2004
Rating:RP 93
20170213 WineDirect w22492w
JH 91; RP93
When to drink: 2010 to 2015
Drank:20170217
Color: dark
Taste: dark fruit and fruity
Body: Medium to full
Ready once open, no need to breathe
After taste: not last long
Nose: n/a with mild running nose
15.5%
Description:Kaesler is a privately owned wine company that produces estate grown wines from vineyards as old as 1893. The Kaesler family were pioneers who settled in the Barossa Valley in the 1840's. In 1891 they bought a parcel of land and in 1893 planted their first vines. Today Kaesler wines are made from these ancient, dry grown vineyards, by the third owners of this magnificent property.
Tasting Note:A fruit-driven, exotic, in-your-face cuvee, the 2003 Shiraz Stonehorse (which spends time in old oak) does not possess the structure found in the Old Vine The Hammer. It offers lovely black cherry and blackberry fruit as well as medium to full body, but not as much espresso roast, vanilla, or tannin as the 2002 Old Vine. This richly fruity offering sells for a song. It should drink well for a decade or more. It is a great introduction to the more seriously structured, denser Kaesler style.
Vintage:2004
Rating:RP 93
