2020 Joshua Cooper Shays Flat Cabernet Sauvignon

Described by wine commentator Mike Bennie as "one of Australia’s brightest young winemakers”, Joshua Cooper is steadily forging a reputation for thoughtful, elegant, and confident wines from grapes grown in Macedon and surrounds.

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While Josh Cooper may have hung his shingle on chardonnay and pinot noir, he’s not so quietly a huge fan of Claret. Indeed, as I texted him for some extra information about a wine this evening, he’s ‘just flat out enjoying my morels with a Margaux!’. A doff of the cap in the direction of elbow-patch blazers and chinos with the pink wax seal on this wine, a fitting colour for a cravat or pocket square to go alongside a nice club tie and that blazer. “I have a distinct soft spot for the Cabernet wines produced in the 70’s and 80’s by the pioneering wineries of Central and Western Victoria, many of which seem ageless even now”, says Josh. Exciting news as three new wines of Claret-esque nature will emerge from 2021, including one from Balgownie old vines, which is additionally thrilling for trainspotters.
This is right on the money, luncheon Claret in essence. Evocative, blue fruit, lavender, eucalyptus and mahogany scents, succulent texture yet plush and medium weight too. More cassis to taste, chocolate, cherry, mint/eucalyptus faintly and hazelnut savouriness in tow. Tannins swish softly and yet then with gentle authority, finishing the wine with light chews and chomps amongst fresh, leafy acidity. This is fantastic. Come hither cabernet with detail and drinkability on show. Drink: 2021 - 2035.
94 Points
Mike Bennie - The Wine Front (August 2021)

This is a medium-bodied cabernet that has fresh and approachable style with red and black currants and a subtle, leafy edge. Medium body. Good concentration of cherry and plum flavors and a finely groomed tannin texture. Drink over the next eight years.
94 Points
Nick Stock - JamesSuckling.com (August 2021)