Reschke RSR Cabernet Sauvignon 2021
$75, 14.5% alcohol, screwcap, Coonawarra.
Smell this wine and know that you’re in for a treat. Pure blackcurrant, mint top notes, undercurrents of black olives and licorice, and a gentle spray of dried tobacco. It’s exactly what you hope to see in a Coonawarra cabernet, and the palate then follows suit: svelte, cloaked gently in cedarwood oak, and harmonious from start to finish. 94 points.
Campbell Mattinson has been an independent journalist, wine critic and photographer for forty years. He founded The Winefront, is a former chief editor of the Halliday Wine Companion (and former editor of Halliday magazine), and is the only Australian to have won the Australian Wine Communicator of the Year Award more than once. He is 100% independent, and tastes between 5,000 and 10,000 wines each year, blind and in comparative brackets as often as is practicable.
Mattinson is also the founder of the Mattinson Photography business.
