Kaesler Old Vine Shiraz 2018 (Barossa Valley)

The Kaesler Old Vine Shiraz has been consistently produced as an elegant wine and the 2018 vintage is no different, tight in its youth, a wine that is made to age. It represents a different style of Shiraz within the Kaesler portfolio, when compared to its bolder brothers, The Bogan and Old Bastard Shiraz.

The fruit for the 2018 Kaesler Old Vine Shiraz was harvested by hand on the 2nd April. Softer than usual skins resulted in minimal remontage. Skins worked more in the first three days then once per day until sugar dry. It was given 8 days on skins and the cap of the ferment worked as needed. Once pressed, it was then put into 40% medium grained Allier oak. Over the next 14 months it had time to rest before bottling, with no filtration or finings.