Kaesler

Old Bastard Shiraz 2012

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  Vintage 2016
  98 points Halliday Wine Companion

An epic wine from vines planted 8 years before Federation in 1893. A distillation of all the other shiraz wines made at Kaesler - big, layered, ripe, dense, spicy, tannic, lively and fresh. You could argue that it's a caricature, much like the label on the front of the bottle. But is so much better than that. A historical time machine with its own a gravitational pull.

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  Vintage 2018
  97 points The Real Review

Deep, dark red-purple colour. The bouqet showing sweet red and black liquorice, mocha and plum conserve aromas, sweet squishy blackberry as well, the oak evident but well harmonsied even at this tender age. The palate is very full-bodied, powerful, concentrated and penetrating. Mocha and bitter dark chocolate on the palate, which is tremendously intense and long. A cracking wine with a big future. (Vines planted in 1893, so 125 old this vintage. 90% new oak)