Reschke Bull Trader Chardonnay 2025
- 92
- $25
- Drink by: 2026-2031
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The fruit here was sourced from vineyards in Padthaway. The aim was to ensure the ripeness of the grapes to enhance flavour. After the juice was allowed to cold settle for a day, fermentation preceded with a Burgundian yeast strain. 15% of the juice went to French oak barrels for that fermentation. Pale lemon in colour, this is very much a flavour forward style, and indeed richly flavoured at that. There is a pleasing nuttiness to this Chardonnay, which also provides aromas of citrus, stone fruits, green apples and a touch of gentle oak integration. The wine is very much an upfront style, but it has medium length and a soft finish. Enjoy it over the next four to five years.
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.
