Reschke Armenta Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon 2020
- 93
- $130
- Drink by: 2024-2034
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Ten days on skins here, with time in small French oak barrels, this was harvested from the Henry Albert vineyard in Coonawarra. The colour is an opaque maroon and there is lots to love with the swirling perfumes from the aromas. Chocolate, blackberries and cassis, cigar boxes, mint and licorice make for an attractive lifted nose. The palate is equally compelling – seamless, focused and offering very good length. Sleek tannins and good balance to be found here. This will provide pleasure for a good ten years and more. Expect the score to rise over that period.
Ken was born and bred in Brisbane, Queensland. He had a non-trendy, perfectly happy childhood, in a family convinced alcohol meant instant condemnation to Hades. But a break fishing on the Great Barrier Reef, and some good wine, started a serious obsession that eventually took over. It did not stop Ken being chastised later for drinking Pol champagne, disgusted he’d drink anything made by a Cambodian dictator. Now, Ken mostly writes on wine, champagne and spirits for various newspapers, magazines and books, but is perhaps best known for his work in The Courier Mail. He also has a little sideline writing on cigars, fishing, travel and food. When not writing, fly-fishing for trout in NZ or bonefish on the flats of Cuba, travelling or smoking cigars, he is no doubt following a variety of sporting teams – the occasionally glorious Queensland Reds rugby, the dysfunctional Washington Redskins, the dodgy Arsenal and especially revels in the world restored to its proper axis with the return of the Ashes to their rightful home.
