2022 Joshua Cooper Greytown Old Vine Shiraz Cabernet Sauvignon
2022 Joshua Cooper Greytown Old Vine Shiraz Cabernet Sauvignon

2022 Joshua Cooper Greytown Old Vine Shiraz Cabernet Sauvignon

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Joshua Cooper |Heathcote |Shiraz
A stunning cool-climate blend of co-planted Shiraz and Cabernet. Old school Australian dry red reimagined by a new generation.
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Description

The Greytown vineyard was planted sometime in the 1950s in one of the cooler pockets of the Heathcote region.

Syrah and Cabernet were interplanted on this site with the vision that they should be co-harvested, co-fermented and bottled as a single wine. It's unusual that these two varieties would be planted like this as typically they ripen at dramatically different times, Shiraz far earlier than Cabernet, however on this cool site, somehow they both get there at the same time. A little magic in the air perhaps.

You'd be hard-pressed to find a more elegant and regal example of this classic Australian blend. Curiously, though, Josh models this more on the great Syrah/Cabernet wines of Domaine Trevallon in France's Provence region, if that's some indicator as to the style of this excellent limited release.

"This is a ripping drink and feels fine and fancy to boot... Impressive."
- 95 pts, Mike Bennie (The Wine Front)

The Greytown Vineyard was planted in the northeastern corner of the (now) Heathcote region in the 1950s by European migrants, importantly planting was carried out in the traditional manner, sans irrigation and as a field blend. In this case Syrah vines interspersed with an unknown proportion of Cabernet Sauvignon. The aim being to harvest the site as a whole, capturing a more nuanced expression of place and season. Amongst the oldest plantings in the area the vines have found a happy home in the deep alluvial soils. Stylistically inspired by the Syrah Cabernet blends of the South of France, especially one of my favourite wines - Domaine Trevallon.

Once hand harvested the fruit was entirely de-stemmed, then partially foot crushed before transfer to open fermenters where it remained for three weeks. The must was allowed to soak until natural fermentation commenced and was then extracted with a combination pumping over, delestage and pigage before basket pressing. Elevage took place in a combination of one year old Stockinger thick staved 600l (30%), Spanish stoneware jars and seasoned thin staved Bordeaux coopered barriques for 12 months, before four months in stainless steal after assemblage. The only addition to the wine is a small dose of sulphur. Glistening purple, the two varieties combine wonderfully lending the pepper, spice and plushness of Syrahs fruit, with the strictness and refinement of Cabernet Sauvignon.

Aromas of cracked black pepper, sweet new leather, baking spices, lavender, thyme, and a sprig of mint fill the glass. Australian garrigue. Sweet and fleshy black cherry fruits are ensconced in layers of fine pliant tannin, with the firm backbone and sense of freshness and refinement only Cabernet Sauvignon can bring.

A wine entirely unique to its place and landscape, old vines, co-planted with great foresight in a cooler pocket of the region. Please decant well prior to drinking, or cellar for as long as you like.

95 points - "This is a ripping drink and feels fine and fancy to boot. It has this really beautiful sweet fruit core, red and black berries, a touch of pastille and choc-mint in the mix, mahogany whiffs, liquorice, white pepper, green olive also playing cards. The wine is broad-shouldered but tempered with spice and graphite-laced and lengthy tannins. It’s got density and yet freshness on hand. It draws long and to a fine, succulent point with audible chews on that tannin following. Impressive." - Mike Bennie (The Wine Front)

Joshua Cooper

Joshua Cooper is the son of Nelly and Allan Cooper, the founders of the acclaimed Cobaw Ridge winery in the Macedon Ranges.

Born and raised on the top-tier cool climate wines of his family, Josh's wines have a delicacy and unforced feel to them. As you might imagine, growing up in the Macedon Ranges, Chardonnay and Pinot Noir are two varieties he particularly excels with, as too is his great love, which is Cabernet. He sources his fruit from a series of growers across central Victoria who farm with a like-minded philosophy of organic farming and sustainability, with plans to plant his own vineyard in Macedon in the future.

Josh makes only a small amount of each wine and they are in high demand from those who want to get in early on the next generation of Cooper. He is undoubtedly one of the country's most exciting and acclaimed young winemakers, being named James Halliday's Best New Winery for 2024 as well as the winner of Gourmet Traveller Wine magazine’s Young Winemaker of the Year 2020.

Winemaker Josh Cooper - Macedon Ranges, VIC Joshua Cooper

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