Kaesler Wines

The Kaesler family, sprung from Silesian pioneers who came to the Barossa Valley in the 1840's. They cleared the scrub and in 1893 planted out the entire holding with Shiraz, Grenache, Mataro (Mourvedre) and White Hermitage vines.

Some of the gnarled dry grown Shiraz still remains and provides the backbone of the intense wines produced from the sandy loam of this prime viticultural block. It joins Grenache planted in the 1930's on flintier areas, which limits it's fruit and enhances the flavour. Further Shiraz was planted in 1961 and 1962.

Altogether more than 70 per cent of Kaesler's red wine grapes are more than 40 years old, the age that shows in the brilliance of the wines. Traditionally the Kaesler sold their grapes to other wineries. Wine has been made from this precious fruit since 1997.The wine is now distributed nationally and exported overseas,