Reschke Bull Trader Shiraz 2021
- 93
- $25
- Drink by: 2024-2032
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Shiraz grown on terra rossa soil in Coonawarra, from a 35 year old vineyard. 10 to 15 days on skins, a gentle pressing and then a year and a half in a mix of French and American oak barrels and hogsheads. Inky opaque maroon hue in a plush, generous and ripe style with florals and cassis. The palate sees the emergence of blackberries, mocha, blueberries and coffee beans with a flick of oak. Soft and supple in structure, with fine, silty tannins and very good length. For drinking over the next five to eight years. Really good value.
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.
