{"title":"Joshua Cooper 2025 + Museum Releases","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBalgownie 1970 Plantings Cabernet.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Bendigo Balgownie site first planted in 1969 and 1970 has made some monumental wines over the last 50+ years, and this 2025 Josh Cooper Balgownie '70 Plantings is one of them. It's a beauty; \u003cstrong\u003ea piece of Australian Viticultural history\u003c\/strong\u003e. Sadly, the site is soon to be a housing estate.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI have tasted '77. '80 and ;81 cabernets recently and these wines offer class, generosity of flavour and captivating nuances, even now 25ish years later. I can't wait to taste this 2025 Balgownie made by Josh Cooper in 10 and 20 years time!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2023 Claret Blend \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOffer: $44\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'It's Claret alright. Medium weight, supple, dark cherry, cola, cassis, violet florals, sweet tobacco, light mahogany and choc-mint. A lively wine yet at medium weight, maybe a little more, sweet fruit and that herbal inflection running riot. All of it mellow in a way, seamless in integration. Light on its feet, pretty and then, again, you know you have something of concentration. A touch resinous, in this, but we move past, that's micrometer detail. Wonderful wine here.'\u003cstrong\u003e 93Pts. - Mike Bennie, \u003cem\u003eThe Wine Front\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2025 Regional (Macedon) Chardonnay\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOffer: $55\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'Delicious drinking. Lemon curd, lemongrass, lemon verbena with dashes of red apple, peach, vanilla and touches of flint with saline minerality. It’s got a nice haze to texture, a gentle and soft flow, a touch diffuse perhaps but refreshing anyways. Perfume rolls out with green apple, green mango, salted cashew and faint clove and herbal lift. Delightful. Everything just so. Good freshness too. Happy days.'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e93Pts. - Mike Bennie, \u003cem\u003eThe Wine Front\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2022 Redbank (1970s Vines) Cabernet Sauvignon\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOffer: $99\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'Dark chocolate, dark plum, dark cherry, dark plum, you get the gist… It’s a vortex of potent and powerful cabernet flecked with mint, eucalyptus, cedar, clove, rich and smooth, though ribbons of fine, firm tannin, slightly bitter, do a wonderful job of tensing the wine up and guiding the lengthy persistence of these flavours. Fantastic wine, I hound the glass seeking the characters and textures on hand – an orchestral wine of high drinkability and prized age worthiness. Mega attractive.'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e95Pts. - Mike Bennie,\u003cem\u003e The Wine Front \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2022 Greytown Old Vines Heathcote Shiraz\/Cabernet Sauvignon \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOffer: $99\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'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.'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e95Pts. - Mike Bennie, \u003cem\u003eThe Wine Front\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2024 Redbank (1970s Vines) Cabernet Sauvignon\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOffer: $99\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'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.'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e95+Pts. - Mike Bennie,\u003cem\u003e The Wine Front \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2025 Balgownie - 1970 Old Vines - Maiden Gully Cabernet Sauvignon \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOffer: $99 - The last vintage of this great old vineyard!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis is the last harvest from this great site before the vines are up-rooted to make way for housing. A sad story for a distinguished site that has produced so many great balgownie cabernets over the decades, and a few Josh Cooper wines too.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"It’s a substantial and quietly powerful wine. \u003cstrong\u003eMassive inward concentration, inky texture, grippy, silty tannin in a web shaping things, huge perfume of wild berries and mint and chocolate and sooty spice. The palate, a delight, a flowing, sleek thing of darkness, woody spice and savoury things. Dustiness here in a good way. There’s a distinct kind of old school, good school feel here,\u003c\/strong\u003e perhaps pushed through a modern lens, but leaning into more laid back, wine-for-cellaring vibes. And yet, the finesse seeps into things and convinces you to drink now. \u003cstrong\u003eCompelling.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e95+ Points - Mike Bennie The Winefront.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"2022-josh-cooper-flynn-and-cooper-williams-vineyard-macedon-ranges-cabernet-merlot-750ml-bottle-1","title":"2022 Josh Cooper Flynn and Cooper Williams Vineyard Macedon Ranges Cabernet Merlot 750Ml Bottle","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePlanted 20 years ago, Doug’s Vineyard is situated on the outskirts of the township of Romsey in the Macedon Ranges. A cool hamlet, the vines sit at around 500m altitude, atop a North and North East facing hillside on red rocky volcanic basalt soil, moderating vigour and providing amazing intensity to the fruit, ripening small, beautifully formed clusters at low sugar levels. Hand harvested with 20% whole bunch they then spend 12 months in oak on lees, followed by four months in stainless steel on fine lees before racking and bottling. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Pale ruby. Classical and very typical of Doug’s Vineyard, a very elegant and ethereal release. Fragrant and subtle with raspberry, and red cherry fruits complexed by sous bois and the typical exotic spice of Doug’s Vineyard. Structured by silky tannin and fresh acidity and offering great charm in its youthful vigour, medium term aging or decanting will greatly reward.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e- Joshua Cooper\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Randall's Fine Wines","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42341074075828,"sku":"22JCFCWCVM750","price":95.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0561\/1261\/1508\/files\/JoshuaCooper2022-August23_3.png?v=1691633873"},{"product_id":"2021-josh-cooper-balgownie-old-vines-maiden-gully-cabernet-750ml-bottle","title":"2021 Josh Cooper Balgownie Old Vines Maiden Gully Cabernet 750Ml Bottle","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrom the old vines of Balgownie estate in Maiden Gully, Bendigo region, planted in 1969 on Ordovician shale, quartz and ironstone rubble. Joshua Cooper considers himself extremely fortunate to be able to purchase fruit from this property and is a long time collector of Balgownie wines. The fruit it entirely destemmed and partially foot stomped before being transferred to open fermenters, with some pumping and plunging once fermentation had kicked off. Finally it was basket pressed and sent to old and new barriques for 12 months with a small addition of sulphur at bottling.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“Deep, dark garnet. A wine which immediately makes one sit up and focus. Incredibly refined and complex with iron, sweet cassis, cedar spice, violet and rose, air reveals infinite nuance and detail. The palate is flooded with wave upon wave of Cabernet fruit, braced by a strict but not overbearing tannic structure, finishing with sweet violet and cassis. The most refined of the three Cabernet cuvees, but also the most concentrated and finally balanced. 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[..] It sits at medium weight, poised, everything seamless and in its place and delivers a rush from the perfume, evocative, serious all over. The wine is delicious and refreshing while being backed with fruit, tannin, cool acid profile, mineral charm, herbal elements, savoury qualities. Fine, fine wine. Watch it go.'\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cf1\"\u003e96+ points - Mike Bennie, The Wine Front\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c!--EndFragment --\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBalgownie Vineyard is a name that should need no introduction to lovers of Victorian wine. An icon of the 70s and 80s, it has produced some of the most remarkable mature Australian wines I have had the pleasure of drinking. Established in 1969 200masl near the banks of Myers Creek in Maiden Gully on Ordovician shale, quartz and ironstone rubble, thanks to current winemaker Tony Winspear it now supplies me a small amount of old vine Cabernet Sauvignon from some of the earliest plantings from 1970. \u003cstrong\u003eThese old vines and special place deliver fruit of extreme concentration and complexity. \u003c\/strong\u003eHand harvested, 100% destemmed, then partially foot crushed before transfer to open fermenters where it remained for three weeks. Elevage took place in a combination of new (30%) and seasoned barriques for 12 months, before four months in stainless steel after assemblage.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Deep, dark garnet. A wine which immediately makes one sit up and focus. Refined and complex with iron, sweet cassis, cedar spice, violet and rose, air reveals infinite nuance and detail. The palate is flooded with wave upon wave of Cabernet fruit, braced by a strict but not overbearing tannic structure, finishing with sweet violet and cassis and a wave of perfume. A very worthy follow up to the 2021 vintage; effortless complexity and power without weight. Please decant well prior to drinking, or cellar for as long as you like.\" \u003cstrong\u003e- Joshua Cooper\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Randall's Fine Wines","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42341098815668,"sku":"22JCBOLMGCS750","price":99.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0561\/1261\/1508\/files\/JoshuaCooper.png?v=1760489480"},{"product_id":"2022-josh-cooper-redbank-vineyard-old-vines-cabernet-sauvignon-750ml-bottle-1","title":"2022 Josh Cooper Redbank Vineyard Old Vines Cabernet Sauvignon 750Ml Bottle","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c!--StartFragment --\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"pf0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cf0\"\u003e'Dark chocolate, dark plum, dark cherry, dark plum, you get the gist… It’s a vortex of potent and powerful cabernet flecked with mint, eucalyptus, cedar, clove, rich and smooth, though ribbons of fine, firm tannin, slightly bitter, do a wonderful job of tensing the wine up and guiding the lengthy persistence of these flavours. Fantastic wine, I hound the glass seeking the characters and textures on hand \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cf1\"\u003e– an orchestral wine of high drinkability and prized age worthiness. Mega attractive.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cf2\"\u003e' \u003cstrong\u003e95 points - Mike Bennie, The Wine Front\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c!--EndFragment --\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnother vineyard which needs no introduction to lovers of classic Victorian wines. Still farmed and managed by founder Neill Robb, much like Balgownie it has been a bastion of quality since establishment. The vineyard has been dry grown since planting, with vine roots now stretching deep into the hillside soil - largely composed of shale and mudstone, with a iron rich surface layer of ochre red loam, essential for its water holding capacity. Once hand harvested the fruit was entirely de-stemmed, then partially foot crushed before transfer to open fermenters where it remained for three weeks. Elevage took place in Spanish stoneware jars and a combination of new (30%), and seasoned barriques for 12 months, before four months in stainless steal after assemblage.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Impenetrable garnet. Subtle and restrained, though incredibly distinctive. Redbank slowly reveals layer after layer - cassis, new leather, warm terracotta, fig and blood plum. The most elegant of Black Holes of aroma and flavour. Fine and layered tannin coats the mouth, carrying inky, ferrous complexity and blood plum 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.\" \u003cstrong\u003e- Joshua Cooper\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Direct","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42341158191284,"sku":"22JCRBVOLCS750","price":99.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0561\/1261\/1508\/files\/JoshuaCooper2022-August23_5.png?v=1691638989"},{"product_id":"2022-josh-cooper-greytown-old-vines-heathcote-shiraz-cabernet-sauvignon-750ml-bottle-1","title":"2022 Josh Cooper Greytown Old Vines Heathcote Shiraz Cabernet Sauvignon 750Ml Bottle","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c!--StartFragment --\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cf0\"\u003e'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.' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cf0\"\u003e95 points - Mike Bennie, The Wine Front\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c!--EndFragment --\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Greytown Vineyard was planted in the northeastern corner of the (now) Heathcote region in the 1950s by European migrants, and planting was carried out in the traditional manner sans irrigation and as a field blend. Amongst the oldest plantings in the area the vines have found a happy home in the deep alluvial soils. Once hand harvested the fruit was entirely de-stemmed, then partially foot crushed before transfer to open fermenters where it remained for three weeks. Elevage took place in Spanish stoneware jars and a combination of new (30%) and seasoned barriques for 12 months, before four months in stainless steal after assemblage.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"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.\" \u003cstrong\u003e- Joshua Cooper\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Randall's Fine Wines","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42341221728436,"sku":"22JCGTOVSCS750","price":99.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0561\/1261\/1508\/files\/JoshuaCooper2022-August23_6.png?v=1691642839"},{"product_id":"2023-josh-cooper-claret-blend-750ml-bottle","title":"2023 Joshua Cooper Claret Blend 750Ml","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Yes, a bold strike, a thumbing of the noise at Bordeaux, a come at me kind of moment - this is Claret of Josh Cooper.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt's Claret alright. Medium weight, supple, dark cherry, cola, cassis, violet florals, sweet tobacco, light mahogany and choc-mint. A lively wine yet at medium weight, maybe a little more, sweet fruit and that herbal inflection running riot. All of it mellow in a way, seamless in integration. Light on its feet, pretty and then, again, you know you have something of concentration. A touch resinous, in this, but we move past, that's micrometer detail. Wonderful wine here.\u003cem\u003e\" \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e93 Points - Mike Bennie, \u003cem\u003eThe Wine Front\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Randall's Fine Wines","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42681220989108,"sku":"23JCCLRTBLND750","price":44.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0561\/1261\/1508\/files\/2023_Joshua_Cooper_Claret_Blend_750Ml_Bottle.jpg?v=1760311802"},{"product_id":"2024-joshua-cooper-redbank-1970s-vines-cabernet-sauvignon-750ml","title":"2024 Joshua Cooper Redbank 1970s Vines Cabernet Sauvignon 750ml","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'Early 1970s plantings, dry grown. There’s a touch of reduction here, \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ebut also insane concentration with firm tannins\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e and great acidity. Such concentration and depth here. Fine, mineral and wild.' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e96 Points - Dr. Jamie Goode, Wineanorak (UK)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'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.' \u003cstrong\u003e95+ points - Jane Faulkner, Halliday Wine Companion\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'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.\u003cbr\u003eThis 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.' \u003cstrong\u003e95+ points - Mike Bennie, The Wine Front\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLurid, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFine and layered tannin coats the mouth, carrying inky, ferrous complexity and boysenberry fruit. 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It’s pretty and very fine with florals, blackberry compote and cassis, plus new leather and a savouriness throughout. Fuller bodied, with flavourful yet elegant tannins and refreshing acidity. It’s a charming drink and offers plenty of complexity and detail.' 95 points - Jane Faulkner, The Wine Companion\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Randall's Fine Wines","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44062652694708,"sku":null,"price":55.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0561\/1261\/1508\/files\/2024_Joshua_Cooper_Redbank_1970s_Vines_Cabernet_Sauvignon_750ml.png?v=1759974760"},{"product_id":"2024-josh-cooper-balgownie-old-vines-maiden-gully-cabernet-sauvignon-750ml","title":"2025 Joshua Cooper Balgownie Old Vines Maiden Gully Cabernet Sauvignon 750Ml","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c!--StartFragment --\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"pf0\"\u003e\"This could be the last we see of this wine and site? Maybe.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt’s a substantial and quietly powerful wine. Massive inward concentration, inky texture, grippy, silty tannin in a web shaping things, huge perfume of wild berries and mint and chocolate and sooty spice. The palate, a delight, a flowing, sleek thing of darkness, woody spice and savoury things. Dustiness here in a good way. There’s a distinct kind of old school, good school feel here, perhaps pushed through a modern lens, but leaning into more laid back, wine-for-cellaring vibes. And yet, the finesse seeps into things and convinces you to drink now. Compelling.\" \u003cstrong\u003e95+ Pts. - Mike Bennie, \u003cem\u003eThe Wine Front\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center; background: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 9.0pt 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Times; color: black;\"\u003eA swan song from this special vineyard\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"background: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 9.0pt 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Times; color: black;\"\u003eBalgownie Vineyard is a name that should need no introduction to lovers of Victorian wine. An icon of the 70s and 80s, it has produced some of the most remarkable mature Australian wines I have had the pleasure of drinking. Indeed my cellar is well stocked with them thanks to 10+ years of collecting. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"background: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 9.0pt 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Times; color: black;\"\u003eEstablished 1969 200m asl near the banks of Myers Creek in Maiden Gully on Ordovician shale, quartz and ironstone rubble, thanks to current winemaker Tony Winspear it now supplies me a small amount of old vine Cabernet Sauvignon from some of the earliest plantings from 1970. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"background: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 9.0pt 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Times; color: black;\"\u003e“\u003ci\u003eThis vineyard is a national treasure - it has the ability to produce reds from cabernet sauvignon and shiraz that cellar with the elegance and longevity to rival anything in Australia\u003c\/i\u003e”  Jeremy Oliver - \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Times; color: #0f6cbd;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.jeremyoliver.com.au\"\u003ewww.jeremyoliver.com.au\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Times; color: black;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"background: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 9.0pt 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Times; color: black;\"\u003eThese old vines and special place deliver fruit of extreme concentration and complexity. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"background: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 9.0pt 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Times; color: black;\"\u003eOnce 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. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"background: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 9.0pt 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Times; color: black;\"\u003eElevage took place in a combination of new Stockinger 300l (30%) and seasoned thin staved Bordeaux coopered barriques for 12 months, before four months in stainless steal after assemblage.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"background: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 9.0pt 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Times; color: black;\"\u003eDeep, inky garnet. A wine which immediately makes one sit up and focus. Refined and complex with graphite, sweet cassis, cedar spice, violet and rose, air reveals infinite nuance and detail and a briny, nori like complexity. The palate is flooded with wave upon wave of dark Cabernet fruit, braced by a strict but not overbearing tannic structure and refreshing acid, finishing with sweet violet and cassis, and a wave of perfume. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"background: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 9.0pt 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Times; color: black;\"\u003eThe most refined of the Cabernet cuvées, but also the most concentrated and finally balanced. The best vintage yet for us from this wonderful site and vintage and a wine that displays my most prized characteristics - effortless complexity and power without weight. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"background: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 9.0pt 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Times; color: black;\"\u003ePlease decant well prior to drinking, or cellar for as long as you like. 300 produced.\" \u003cstrong\u003e- Joshua Cooper on 2025\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Heart \u0026 Soil","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44063633965236,"sku":"22JCBOLMGCS750","price":99.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0561\/1261\/1508\/files\/2024_Josh_Cooper_Balgownie_Old_Vines_Maiden_Gully_Cabernet_Sauvignon_750Ml.png?v=1760501633"},{"product_id":"2025-joshua-cooper-dash-farms-chardonnay-750ml","title":"2025 Joshua Cooper Regional Chardonnay 750Ml","description":"\u003cp\u003eIt is called Regional Series by the marketing email, though that doesn’t appear on the bottle, but it is distinct from the single vineyard wines that have the single vineyard written on the label. That being said, this is from a single vineyard, Dash Farms, which will also be the named single vineyard on the Single Vineyard chardonnay release. Phew! Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDelicious drinking. Lemon curd, lemongrass, lemon verbena with dashes of red apple, peach, vanilla and touches of flint with saline minerality. It’s got a nice haze to texture, a gentle and soft flow, a touch diffuse perhaps but refreshing anyways. Perfume rolls out with green apple, green mango, salted cashew and faint clove and herbal lift. Delightful. Everything just so. Good freshness too. Happy days. 93 points - Mike Bennie, The Wine Front\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Our 2025 Chardonnay was sourced entirely from the weathered granite slopes of the Dash Farms vineyard - the same site as our single vineyard offering (to be released later in the year). \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA slightly longer pressing and ageing solely in  a combination of old French oak and stainless steel has resulted in a beautiful Chardonnay with all the hallmarks of our house style, while also presenting a wonderful drinkability in youth.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAromatically floral and inviting with jasmine blossom, lemon zest and subtle crushed stone, the palate is focused and precise, with lemon and faint green almond flavours, yet offers lovely concentration of flavour and finely mouth coating texture. Cellar into the medium term or enjoy now in youth.\" - Joshua Cooper\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Joshua Cooper","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44151162142900,"sku":null,"price":55.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0561\/1261\/1508\/files\/2025_Joshua_Cooper_Chardonnay_750Ml-e9bf-4069-b8b9-b84e0629a80f.png?v=1771814997"},{"product_id":"2025-joshua-cooper-pinot-noir-750ml","title":"2025 Joshua Cooper Regional Pinot Noir 750ml","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Produced in much the same style as our well known ‘Doug’s Vineyard’ cuveé, though hailing from the exposed granite soils of Dash Farm. Bright ruby red, and immediately inviting, black raspberry, red cherry, exotic spices and woody herb aromatics fill the glass, with a subtle flinty, smokey complexity. The palate as is usual for our style is full of red fruit and spicy complexity, structured by fresh acid and fine, powdery tannins which lend plenty of seriousness to this early release wine. Open and appealing at present, this Pinot Noir will also reward medium term cellaring with additional complexity and nuance. A wonderful weekday wine, or introduction to our style.\" - Joshua Cooper\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Joshua Cooper","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44151162896564,"sku":null,"price":55.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0561\/1261\/1508\/files\/2025_Joshua_Cooper_Pinot_Noir.png?v=1771816155"},{"product_id":"2025-joshua-cooper-dash-farms-chardonnay-750ml-1","title":"2025 Joshua Cooper Dash Farms Chardonnay 750mL","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"A little puppy fat, a little creaminess, the tickle of brine and talc-like minerality. That’s the story so far. Bold perfume, lots of flavour, pleasing, balanced, yet generous. Lemon curd and baked apple, a touch of shortbread and thin, ginger biscuit. Absolute delight, in a fuller profile, yet with all the hallmark vitality expected. Right on.\" \u003cstrong\u003e94Pts. - Mike Bennie, \u003cem\u003eThe Wine Front\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c!--StartFragment --\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c!--EndFragment --\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePlanted 1999, Dash Farms sits perched at over 450m asl on the Southern granitic slopes of Mt Alexander (Leanganook) looking back towards Mt Macedon and the Macedon Ranges. Like Ray-Monde, it sits just outside the Macedon Ranges GI. Ripening for Chardonnay occurs around a week earlier than my family’s vineyard Cobaw Ridge. These lean granite soils and high altitude confer both concentration and freshness at low sugar levels.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOnce hand harvested with careful sorting in the vineyard, the bunches were partially crushed by foot and very gently pressed. Overnight settling then occurs before transfer to a combination of new Stockinger 300l oak and Burgundian piece for fermentation and lees ageing for 12 months. This is then followed by four months in stainless steel on fine lees, before racking and bottling, unfined and unfiltered.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePale with a green edge, Dash Farm’s offers restrained aromas of crushed rock, lemon and grapefruit rind, just ripe nectarine and spice. Flavours carry through to a dense and powerful palate with powdery phenolics, flinty, savoury complexity and a fine acid line, finishing creamy and long. The best vintage of this cuvee yet. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e- Joshua Cooper on the 2025 Vintage\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Heart \u0026 Soil","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44313346670772,"sku":null,"price":73.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0561\/1261\/1508\/files\/2024_Joshua_Cooper_Chardonnay_Dash_Farms.png?v=1760313089"},{"product_id":"2025-joshua-cooper-dougs-vineyard-macedon-pinot-noir-750ml","title":"2025 Joshua Cooper Doug's Vineyard Macedon Pinot Noir 750ml","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Quite reductive on opening, aka, smoky, bold flint scents, a tension and grip in palate with smoky-stony elements in play. Catnip for some, distracting for me, but it does blow off quite soon after pouring, so stay the course if you wish to get past that. Dark cherry, paprika, eucalyptus, green capsicum and green peppercorn elements in the mesh of characters. Chinotto orange, blood orange making freshness happen. Pleasing. A good energy to the wine too. It soars with time, silky and long, persistent and interesting with great shape. Charm plus.\" \u003cstrong\u003e94Pts. - Mike Bennie, \u003cem\u003eThe Wine Front \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Times; color: black;\"\u003eDoug’s Vineyard is situated on the outskirts of the township of Romsey in the Macedon Ranges.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Times; color: black;\"\u003eOwned by the Newnham family, it was planted 20 years ago to predominantly MV6 and smaller\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Times; color: black;\"\u003eamounts of 114 and 115 clone pinot noir.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm; min-height: 14px;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Times; color: black;\"\u003eA cool hamlet, the vines sit at around 500m altitude, atop a North and North East facing hillside on\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Times; color: black;\"\u003ered rocky volcanic basalt soil, moderating vigour and providing amazing intensity to the fruit,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Times; color: black;\"\u003eripening small, beautifully formed clusters at low sugar levels.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm; min-height: 14px;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Times; color: black;\"\u003eOnce hand harvested in the cool of morning, with careful sorting in the vineyard, grapes were\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Times; color: black;\"\u003etransferred to open fermenter with 20% as whole bunches and the remainder de-stemmed. 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Bright, concentrated raspberry and blackberry fruit, rose garden in the morning due and potpourri complexed with exotic spice.. Concentrated and fleshy throughout the mid plate and long with ribbons of fine velvety tannin and creamy pinot fruits, combined with the typical exotic spice always evident in the Doug’s cuvee. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm; min-height: 14px;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Times; mso-fareast-font-family: Aptos; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003eOne of our best vintages from this lovely site, showing the exceptional combination of freshness, depth and structure in an elegant frame. Cellaring will be well rewarded\" - \u003cstrong\u003eJoshua Cooper on 2025\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Randall's Fine Wines","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44319024316596,"sku":null,"price":73.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0561\/1261\/1508\/files\/2024_Joshua_Cooper_Doug_s_Vineyard_Macedon_Pinot_Noir_750ml.png?v=1760313618"},{"product_id":"2025-joshua-cooper-dash-farms-cabernet-sauvignon-750ml","title":"2025 Joshua Cooper Dash Farms Cabernet Sauvignon 750ml","description":"\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Times; color: black;\"\u003e\"\u003c\/span\u003eThe rise and rise of cabernet profile under the care of Joshua Cooper is a force. An overlay of cool. And history. And respect. A thing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is succulent, refreshing, blue fruited, alpine herb laced, super cool, and yet curiously on the cusp of vibrant ripeness, and quasi-nouveau in its feel all at once. Phew! More full than expected and yet trimmed with the slip of glossy tannin is the deal. The suction of pumice stone grip gently finishing things a treat. A wine of glorious drinkability.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e93Pts. - Mike Bennie, \u003cem\u003eThe Wine Front\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Times; color: black;\"\u003e\"Planted 1999, Dash Farms sits perched at over 450m asl on the Southern granitic slopes of Mt\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Times; color: black;\"\u003eAlexander (Leanganook) looking back towards Mt Macedon and the Macedon Ranges. Like Ray-\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Times; color: black;\"\u003eMonde, it sits just outside the Macedon Ranges GI. An extremely late ripening site for Cabernet\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Times; color: black;\"\u003eSauvignon, the fruit was harvested in late April.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm; min-height: 14px;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Times; color: black;\"\u003eHand harvested with strict fruit sorting in the vineyard, bunches were then 100% de-stemmed and\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Times; color: black;\"\u003epartially foot crushed before loading into open fermenters where they remained for three weeks.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Times; color: black;\"\u003eThe must was allowed to soak until natural fermentation commenced and then extracted with a\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Times; color: black;\"\u003ecombination of pumping over, delestage and pigeage before basket pressing.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm; min-height: 14px;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Times; color: black;\"\u003eElevage took place in a combination of new Stockinger 300l (20%) and seasoned thin staved\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Times; color: black;\"\u003eBordeaux coopered barriques for 12 months, before four months in stainless steel after assemblage.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Times; color: black;\"\u003eThe mountainside nature of Dash Farm provides incredible freshness to the wine.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm; min-height: 14px;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Times; color: black;\"\u003eDeep, inky garnet. This vintage shows incredibly depth and vibrancy, with lavender, pen ink, violet and creamy cassis fruit filling the nose and a savoury, wild herb and graphite complexity in the background.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm; min-height: 14px;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Times; color: black;\"\u003eMedium to full bodied, but fully flavoured and packed with fine fruit tannin, with just a seasoning of oak. Again, creamy cassis, red cherry and raspberry flood the mouth, with graphite and subtle crushed ivy lend intrigue, finishing powdery and dry. Our favourite vintage yet from this site.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm; min-height: 14px;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Times; color: black;\"\u003eDecant well and enjoy the youthful vibrancy or cellar into the medium term for additional complexity.\" \u003cstrong\u003e- Joshua Cooper on 2025\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Heart \u0026 Soil","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44319024709812,"sku":null,"price":73.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0561\/1261\/1508\/files\/2024_Joshua_Cooper_Redbank_1970s_Vines_Cabernet_Sauvignon_750ml.png?v=1759974760"}],"url":"https:\/\/randalls.net.au\/collections\/joshua-cooper-2025-museum-releases\/pinot-noir.oembed","provider":"Randall's Fine Wines","version":"1.0","type":"link"}