2024 Joshua Cooper Redbank 1970s Vines Cabernet Sauvignon 750ml

'Early 1970s plantings, dry grown. There’s a touch of reduction here, but also insane concentration with firm tannins and great acidity. Such concentration and depth here. Fine, mineral and wild.' 96 Points - Dr. Jamie Goode, Wineanorak (UK)

'Another highly regarded vineyard in the stable of cabernets sourced by this top producer; the key difference in the winemaking is this matures in Spanish stoneware jars for a year, then all into stainless steel tank for four months before bottling. In a way, it shows the purity of the variety and the site. A whorl of dark fruit, cassis and umeboshi, and a distinct lapsang souchong flavour and feel to the tannins. Mid-weighted, earthy and dusty with a slightly bitter green walnut note to the finish, even if the acidity is perky and refreshing. Of the excellent cabernets this vintage, Redbank needs extra time to gel, and it will.' 95+ points - Jane Faulkner, Halliday Wine Companion

'Redbank Vineyard is quite spectacular, a historical place in Aus wine for sure. This from the 1970s vines too. Josh Cooper’s cabernet vision continues. Quite the wonderful thing really.
This feels old school-good school, proper vin de garde in style, earthy, dusty, powdery, brittle and acid driven, a touch of mint, brambles and dried flowers, black tea and sooty spice – a lifetime with this wine. Salted plums, liquorice, pickled red cherries, hazelnut. So many descriptors to pack in. Tannins somewhere between refreshing and very grippy, firm and bitter, it works, for the most part, but time should also help. It’s charming and curious and an experience as it stands now. I was compelled to keep going and checking in, a good sign for this.' 95+ points - Mike Bennie, The Wine Front

Lurid, impenetrable garnet. Subtle and restrained, though incredibly distinctive. Redbank slowly reveals layer after layer - cassis, boysenberry and blood plum fruits with new leather, warm terracotta and spice casing complexity and intrigue. The most elegant of Black Holes of aroma and flavour.

Fine and layered tannin coats the mouth, carrying inky, ferrous complexity and boysenberry fruit. Redbank eloquently evokes the iron rich red loams, shale and wild scrub of this part of the Pyrenees. 

Please decant well prior to drinking, or cellar for as long as you like. - Joshua Cooper