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[olympicwiz]

Is this any good? Cabernets 2013 – Black Market Deal #42024

I actually just had it. And although I prefer bigger SA reds, this little number was absolutely brilliant.

 

[AnzacPaul]

Is this any good? Cabernets 2013 – Black Market Deal #42024

It's this

Vinomofo Blackmarket Uncovered

I actually just had it. And although I prefer bigger SA reds, this little number was absolutely brilliant.

I couldn't find it from VM before, did you get it from them last time?

 

[olympicwiz]

It's this

Vinomofo Blackmarket Uncovered

I couldn't find it from VM before, did you get it from them last time?

Yep it is Canobolas Smith Cabernets. Cooler Orange climate. Lower alcohol, slightly higher acidity making it quite refreshing and nice red fruit in the middle. Very easy to drink. Bought it from VM about a month and a half ago.

 

[Ragunarok]

Thanks olympicwiz. I grabbed a case and will report back when it gets here. I generally like full bodied SA reds also.

I'm thinking about also getting the 2014 Reschke RSR on Vinomofo. Never had a Reschke before.

 

[olympicwiz]

I'm thinking about also getting the 2014 Reschke RSR on Vinomofo. Never had a Reschke before.

Reschke story is a bit complicated but in a nutshell at some point CW wines got their hands on it and it is not clear who is actually a winemaker.
Previously RSR was an exclusive label for the Reschke wine club members and the last stocks were cleared for as low as $21 on their website for 2008 vintage. RRP on the original website was $36. CW jacked it up to $75. I had 2008, 2010, 2012 and 2013. I could not really taste much difference between 2010, 2012 and 2013. They all tasted the same to me, tasted quite young and the corks were like as if they were bottled less than a year ago. All that said I quite enjoyed it. It is certainly fuller bodied than your average Coonawarra CS maybe not as structured/finessed but certainly packing a punch. I suspect 2014 to be in the similar vein.

Recently we blind tasted Reschke RSR 2013 vs Leeuwin Estate Art Series CS 2016 (as in Coonawarra vs MR) and to my surprise majority at our dinner party found Reschke to be more impressive.

I just don't like this blatant RRP manipulation but I would recommend the wine. I might put it in a blind taste vs Wynns BL CS next.

 

[AnzacPaul]

Thanks olympicwiz. I grabbed a case and will report back when it gets here. I generally like full bodied SA reds also.

I'm thinking about also getting the 2014 Reschke RSR on Vinomofo. Never had a Reschke before.

I found the bull trader to be better than both the vitulus and the RSR.

As above, we're all a bit sus on the age of these wines.

 

[misohoney]

Powell and son Riverside is discounted. A few positive mentions in this thread

Powell & Son Riverside GSM 2019

Now THIS is good wine! And it’s from the legendary Powell & Son out of the Barossa Valley - Icons of this iconic region if you will. It’s bright and juicy, w...

www.vinomofo.com

 

[boremeer]

Reschke story is a bit complicated but in a nutshell at some point CW wines got their hands on it and it is not clear who is actually a winemaker.
Previously RSR was an exclusive label for the Reschke wine club members and the last stocks were cleared for as low as $21 on their website for 2008 vintage. RRP on the original website was $36. CW jacked it up to $75. I had 2008, 2010, 2012 and 2013. I could not really taste much difference between 2010, 2012 and 2013. They all tasted the same to me, tasted quite young and the corks were like as if they were bottled less than a year ago. All that said I quite enjoyed it. It is certainly fuller bodied than your average Coonawarra CS maybe not as structured/finessed but certainly packing a punch. I suspect 2014 to be in the similar vein.

Recently we blind tasted Reschke RSR 2013 vs Leeuwin Estate Art Series CS 2016 (as in Coonawarra vs MR) and to my surprise majority at our dinner party found Reschke to be more impressive.

I just don't like this blatant RRP manipulation but I would recommend the wine. I might put it in a blind taste vs Wynns BL CS next.

It looks like pre-CW, the Reschke winemaker was Peter Douglas (ex Wynns chief winemaker). If this site is correct: Reschke Wines, then the following are his wines:

Bos CS: 2007-2009
Coonawarra CS: 2010-2012
Empyrean CS: 2004, 6 & 8
Rufus CS: 2010-2011
Vitulus CS: 2011, 12, 16
Bull Trader CS: 2006, 8, 9
Bull Trader Shiraz: 2008-2010

It gets muddy after that, until CW took over and apparently Ben Wurst is the winemaker for Reschke now:

CLAIMING THE LIMELIGHT - Winestate

winestate.com.au

"All the current Reschke wines are made by senior winemaker Ben Wurst, who has decades of experience in the Coonawarra region"

Ben's history (as of 2011):
Studied Oenology at the University of Adelaide graduating in 1998. Completed a vintage in McLaren Vale in that year at Andrew Garretts. Moved to Port Macquarie to work as winemaker for Cassegrain Wines from 1999 to mid 2001. Henceforth moved overseas, lost a year in London, before doing a vintage at DuToitskloof Wines, Breede River Valley in South Africa in 2003. In the same year completed vintage throughout the Languedoc region on behalf of Jacques Lurton. In 2004 completed vintage at Islander Estate Vineyards on Kangaroo Island. Commenced employment as winemaker in Coonawarra at Katnook Estate from late 2004 to September 2011, before taking up employment at Great Stone Wines.

I also found references of him becoming the winemaker of Terramore since 2011

 

[boremeer]

Powell and son Riverside is discounted. A few positive mentions in this thread

Powell & Son Riverside GSM 2019

Now THIS is good wine! And it’s from the legendary Powell & Son out of the Barossa Valley - Icons of this iconic region if you will. It’s bright and juicy, w...

www.vinomofo.com

It's a researchy kinda day...
Apparently Powell and Son was a joint venture of Winemaker David Powell and his son Callum (launched in 2016). David Powell created Torbreck in '94, but left in 2013 after a dispute with his business partner. It seems now that Callum has moved on and David has renamed the winery from Powell and Son to Neldner Road, so the Powell and Son wines are being cleared as they're old label.

Pretty good pedigree if he was behind Torbrek!

 

[olympicwiz]

It looks like pre-CW, the Reschke winemaker was Peter Douglas (ex Wynns chief winemaker). If this site is correct: Reschke Wines, then the following are his wines:

Bos CS: 2007-2009
Coonawarra CS: 2010-2012
Empyrean CS: 2004, 6 & 8
Rufus CS: 2010-2011
Vitulus CS: 2011, 12, 16
Bull Trader CS: 2006, 8, 9
Bull Trader Shiraz: 2008-2010

It gets muddy after that, until CW took over and apparently Ben Wurst is the winemaker for Reschke now:

CLAIMING THE LIMELIGHT - Winestate

winestate.com.au

"All the current Reschke wines are made by senior winemaker Ben Wurst, who has decades of experience in the Coonawarra region"

Ben's history (as of 2011):
Studied Oenology at the University of Adelaide graduating in 1998. Completed a vintage in McLaren Vale in that year at Andrew Garretts. Moved to Port Macquarie to work as winemaker for Cassegrain Wines from 1999 to mid 2001. Henceforth moved overseas, lost a year in London, before doing a vintage at DuToitskloof Wines, Breede River Valley in South Africa in 2003. In the same year completed vintage throughout the Languedoc region on behalf of Jacques Lurton. In 2004 completed vintage at Islander Estate Vineyards on Kangaroo Island. Commenced employment as winemaker in Coonawarra at Katnook Estate from late 2004 to September 2011, before taking up employment at Great Stone Wines.

I also found references of him becoming the winemaker of Terramore since 2011

I am pretty sure that RSR 2008 and earlier were made by Peter Douglas and so is Empyrean 2010 (that was sold together with 2008 via VM last year)

 

[boremeer]

It's a researchy kinda day...
Apparently Powell and Son was a joint venture of Winemaker David Powell and his son Callum (launched in 2016). David Powell created Torbreck in '94, but left in 2013 after a dispute with his business partner. It seems now that Callum has moved on and David has renamed the winery from Powell and Son to Neldner Road, so the Powell and Son wines are being cleared as they're old label.

Pretty good pedigree if he was behind Torbrek!

Also RRP for the '18 on their site is $50, not the $30 that VM have listed

 

[AnzacPaul]

Powell and son Riverside is discounted. A few positive mentions in this thread

Powell & Son Riverside GSM 2019

Now THIS is good wine! And it’s from the legendary Powell & Son out of the Barossa Valley - Icons of this iconic region if you will. It’s bright and juicy, w...

www.vinomofo.com

T.Hanks, boomed on this one.

 

[boremeer]

I am pretty sure that RSR 2008 and earlier were made by Peter Douglas and so is Empyrean 2010 (that was sold together with 2008 via VM last year)

Some further Reschke detective work. I've pulled up photos of the Reschke wines I have in storage and looked at the addresses on them. If I'm correct, any with Stepney addresses were at least labelled (maybe also bottled) by CW. Anything with Rocky Castle Road were original Reschke. NFI about the Glenroy address, I'm assuming that's CW though:

Bull Trader Shiraz 2012: CW Wines (4 Nelson St Stepney)
Bull Trader Shiraz 2013: ??? (63 Magarey Lane Glenroy), can only find references to TOPFIELD FARMS PTY LTD
Coonawarra CS 2010: Original Reschke (Rocky Castle Rd, Coonawarra)
Bos 2009: Original Reschke (Rocky Castle Rd, Coonawarra)
Rufus CS 2011: Original Reschke (Rocky Castle Rd, Coonawarra)
Vitulus Shiraz 2020: CW Wines (4 Nelson St Stepney)

 

[misohoney]

Also RRP for the '18 on their site is $50, not the $30 that VM have listed

Different wine
This is Riverside. Potentially a vm exclusive as it doesn't appear anywhere else

 

[boremeer]

Different wine
This is Riverside. Potentially a vm exclusive as it doesn't appear anywhere else

Yep, sorry about that. I've found references to it as: "The Powells' entry-level red is the Riverside Grenache Mataro Shiraz, a 70/20/10 blend". Lots of references from .com sites, so likely was primarily an export wine?

 

[f.rankin]

Anyone tried the Ulithorne Paternus 2019 yet? Notes?

 

[Ragunarok]

Thanks everyone for the extremely helpful info on the Reschke RSR. I grabbed a case of the 2014 last night before your replies and...If I had waiting I think I would have got something else. Can't cancel now as it's been shipped. Can companies actually sell wine that isn't the stated age...

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Anyone tried the Ulithorne Paternus 2019 yet? Notes?

I saw a review of this a few pages back. It had an image of the bottle and a glass attached. I recall the verdict was that it was a disappointment

 

[Dr Ralph]

Can't cancel now as it's been shipped.

You can return your Vinomofo wine very easily.

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[f.rankin]

Thanks everyone for the extremely helpful info on the Reschke RSR. I grabbed a case of the 2014 last night before your replies and...If I had waiting I think I would have got something else. Can't cancel now as it's been shipped. Can companies actually sell wine that isn't the stated age...

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I saw a review of this a few pages back. It had an image of the bottle and a glass attached. I recall the verdict was that it was a disappointment

Just saw that too. I had their 2016 a week ago and that was still young and not developing as expected, so wasn't sure about the '19

 

[redbigot]

Just saw that too. I had their 2016 a week ago and that was still young and not developing as expected, so wasn't sure about the '19

Wine can be held in bulk stainless steel tanks under nitrogen for several years before bottling. I'm not sure of the maximum safe time, but it could be that Reschke in a financial bind and not moving older stock chose to keep their tanks full prior to eventual sale. With tanks full they may have sold their grapes rather than produce more wine off their own vineyards for one or more vintages prior to sale.

Lack of colour on the internal end of the cork could also be due to the bottles being stood up after bottling rather than on their side, you can stack cases higher that way.
The final product can also have an undeclared small percentage (not sure exact allowance) of younger wine added to the final blend to "freshen" it up.