Tasting Notes
The classic 2017 season was a return to slow steady ripening providing low yields of concentrated grapes with beautiful balance and freshness, in this case around 1250kg per acre. Once hand harvested in the cool of morning, with careful sorting in the vineyard, 50% was transferred as whole cluster to a single open fermenter, the remainder gently de-stemmed and placed on top. The must was then allowed to soak 4-5 days at its cool ambient temperature until fermentation commenced. There after the grapes were gently extracted by a combination of pumping over and pigage by foot. The wine then pressed after a total of three weeks on skins and transferred to a single new (Laurent 'Magic Cask " thick stave, blonde toast) and four old (6-10yo) oak Burgundian piece for lees aging for 12 months, followed by six months in stainless steel onfine lees. Before racking and bottling, unfined and unfiltered. The only addition to the wine is a small dose of sulphur the week before bottling.
Bright, light ruby. The altitude and marginality of this site are immediately apparent. Incredibly perfumed and transparent, with exotic spices, pepper, poached strawberry and red current. The palate is bony and acid etched, framed by silky tannin. A wine to contemplate as it builds weight and depth with air and time in the glass. - Winery Note
It’s pretty rare these days - thanks to social media - that a set of wines actually lives up to the hype. The anticipation of scoring those sought-after rare bottles, or chasing down wines after a series of strong reviews and hoping they live up to expectations, is something a lot of us probably know all too well.Enter Joshua Cooper’s new releases.
A set of wines that year-in-year-out seem to receive more and more praise. And for good reason: they are bloody good.Born into wine, the heir apparent to Cobaw Ridge and son of Alan and Nelly Cooper, Josh has had access to very good teachers and great fruit to play with. From his first vintage, a single barrel of fruit sourced from his parent’s estate in 2012, to the current evolution where he produces site driven wines that range from the serious to the more ethereal styles, Josh has gone from strength to strength.Josh’s wines are right at the top of the tree when it comes to producers in the Macedon Ranges. His ability to capture the best a site has to offer each vintage, unaltered and pure, is simply magical. These are the kind of wines we love - modern, fresh and vibrant and breaking away from the conventions of old.
| Product Type | Wine Red Pinot Noir |
| Volume | 750ml |
| Country | Australia |
| Region | Victoria |
| Sub Region | Macedon |
| Winemaking Practices | Minimal Intervention |
| Vineyard Practices | Minimal Intervention |