Kaesler Viognier 2025

Winter melon, lemon wedge and honeycomb. There is some green tea savouriness intermixed with the fleshy stone fruit and backed by honeysuckle, bee pollen and Jonquil perfume. This vintage takes you on a ride through the many spectrum of yellow fruit flavours, then moving to land with dried hay, wheat bran and fennel. The snuggly nature of mid palate acidity makes for a wine that sits comfortably with chicken, white fish or even fatty pork belly. Push the boat out and try fried pork belly pieces with a Thai fish sauce vinegar, the other worldly non fruit aspects of the wine means this is built for adventurous food pairings. An intriguing vintage. Drink Now.

Shanteh Wale

Contributor at Wine Companion

Shanteh cut her teeth at Sydney’s Award-Winning Quay restaurant where she worked for over a decade and was Head Sommelier from 2018 till 2022. She has been nominated for the Good Food Guide Sommelier of the Year award on three occasions and claims that her experience as a Len Evans scholar as one of the highlights of her career. Shanteh hosts her own weekly podcast ‘Over A Glass’ with the Deep in the Weeds Network and spends her time writing for various publications and judging at numerous wine shows across the country.

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