Hentley Farm Von Kasper Cabernet 2014

Hentley Farm was established in 1997 by Keith and Alison Hentschke, who had a single vision to craft exceptional single estate wines from the Barossa Valley.

Using an old soil map from the 1950’s to strategically locate the best parcels of land, they discovered a mixed farming property set among the rolling hills on the banks of Greenock Creek in Barossa’s west, with remarkable diversity of soil types, and varying aspects and altitudes. 

Great Barossan cabernets come from rare and special sites... Sites where the land is flat, the air is cool, the soils are deep and the vines are protected from the afternoon sun, just like the one on which the fruit for the von Kasper is grown. True to both region and varietal, the von Kasper displays the intense fruit expected from the Barossa, with the essential underlying herbaceousness of the cabernet.

Another massive wine from Hentley Farm, the Von Kasper oozes with ripe blackberry fruit, sweet vanilla oak, licorice and cola. The palate shows more chewy oak and ultraripe fruit. There's so much extraction and oak influence here, much of the varietal Cab character gets lost. Nevertheless, this is meant for the long haul, so stick it in your cellar and forget about it for a few years or ten. CHRISTINA PICKARD- WINE ENTHUSIAST