Reschke Bull Trader Pinot Noir 2025
- 92
- $25
- Drink by: 2026-2030
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Pinot Noir from Padthaway, the grapes were transferred directly to small batch fermenters and inoculated with a Burgundian yeast. A seven-day fermentation, the wine was then transferred to an even mix of older French oak barriques and French hogsheads. Crimson/garnet in colour, the wine opens with an array of spicy and savoury notes. Attractive cherry characters are to the fore and we have hints of violets, truffles, leaf litter, aniseed and kirsch. The wine is of medium length with gentle persistence through to fine tannins. It is fresh and attractive and should provide pleasure for the next three to four years at least.
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.
