Meet the classic and exuberant Kaesler Wines
- Lloyd Green
- Jun 13, 2016
- 2 min read
DRIFT DINING AND BAR
Decanted: A Night With Kaesler Wines
South Australia’s Barossa Valley is one of Australia’s oldest and finest wine producing regions with some 170 wine growing companies.
To stand out among such highly regarded competition, including names such as Penfolds, St Halletts, Henschke and Elderton, is no mean feat.
So, when premier wine connoisseurs Robert Parker and James Halliday offer glowing reviews of your product, you know you must be doing well.
"One of the most exciting wine portfolio's in South Australia. The result is exuberant, full-throttle, classic wines,” the esteemed Parker said of Kaesler in his Wine Advocate.
For Kaesler, it’s just another string in their bow of 123 years of shaping and contributing to Australia’s wine industry.
The Kaesler family moved from Germany to South Australia in the 1840s, growing Shiraz, Grenache and Mataro on their Barossa acreage.
It wasn’t until current winewaker Reid Bosward and his team of investors took over in 1999 that they really made an impact. The new proprietors aimed to produce “bold estate wines representative of the Barossa” and that they did.
According to its website, Boswald accessed a “secret stash of supercharged Shiraz grapes used by other Barossa wineries which had been fortified for over 100 years”.
The result was an intensely fruity, special premium batch by the name of ‘Old Bastard’.
Boswald’s experience with the Shiraz grape in France, South Africa and neighbouring Cellarmaster winery in Barossa clearly shone through. As Halliday said in The Australian
“When Bosward handled the shiraz, the quality of the wine stood out like a beacon.”
It’s legacy is now powerful varietals such as Stonehorse, premium Old Vine Shiraz, Alte Reben and ‘The Bogan’ — with evidence of Kaesler’s centuries old “gnarled dry-grown Shiraz” prominent in each drop.
We’ll be showcasing six Kaesler “bold estate” wines in our special Friday night Decanted session on June 24.
The tasting menu includes the 2013 Bogan Shiraz as well as the 2012 Viognier, named in Halliday’s 5-star 2015 Australian Wine Companion review with a 94 point rating.
TASTING MENU
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[if !supportLists]+ [endif]Kaesler Viognier 2012
[if !supportLists]+ [endif]Kaesler Cabernet Sauvignon 2012
[if !supportLists]+ [endif]Kaesler Avignon GSM 2012
[if !supportLists]+ [endif]Kaesler The Bogan Shiraz 2013
[if !supportLists]+ [endif]Concordis 2014
Guests at Decanted will be invited to share in the experience of “amazing wine and amazing people” with Drift Dining and Bar managing director and professional sommelier, Robert Gilliland and Kaesler Wines’ Sarah McMahaon, who will guide you on this amazing journey.
We will also have an array of light bites and canapés on show to accompany your wine tasting experience. Don't forget, you can purchase these amazing Kaesler wines at better than retail price on the night.
For more information on A Night With Kaesler Wines or to reserve your spaces contact events@driftdining.com or call 0321102079. You can also find more information on our FB event page.
Pay in advance by Monday, June 20th to receive the early bird price of RM95++ or full price of RM115++ after that. Lock it in now as Friday night sure to be sold out.
DECANTED: A Night With Kaesler Wines
WHEN: Friday, June 24 @ 7pm-9pm
WHERE: Drift Dining and Bar, 38 Jalan Bedara, Ground Floor Bidara Condo, Bukit Bintang
Instagram: driftdiningandbar
~~ “Amazing things with amazing people and we will do amazing things.” - Owner & Managing Director, Robert Gilliland
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