Reschke Reserve Shiraz 2021

From the Coonawarra region, the fruit came from a 35-year-old vineyard planted on terra rossa soil. The team used a percentage of whole berries in the fermentation. Maturation was in a combination of French and American oak barrels and hogsheads for a year and a half. From a superb vintage and this shows. Opaque maroon with a magenta rim, the nose opens with lashings of oak and the vanilla notes that emanate from it. It is also bursting with aromas of chocolate, mulberries, plums, cocoa powder, coffee beans and mocha. There is good integration of that oak, and the wine is dense and bold. Those who love a richly flavoured Coonawarra red will adore this wine. There is excellent length, the structure is seamless and the wine is well balanced. It finishes with mouthcoating tannins. Despite what seems like endless flavour, behind everything is a degree of elegance. On the palate, towards the finish, we see the emergence of notes of cold tea and truffles. This is a fifteen-year proposition.