"Josh Cooper’s wines are classic, medium-weight expressions of elegance and purity, with an Old World self-confidence and a carefully measured degree of winemaking input." Jeremy Oliver
Josh Cooper shows how to inherit and reinvent at once. Raised at Cobaw Ridge, he launched his label in 2012 with a single barrel and now turns out a restrained, quietly assured suite of wines. Chardonnay, pinot noir and cabernet sauvignon, are tuned for freshness, moderate alcohol and fine natural structure. He works with a network of growers across central and western Victoria in a nimble négociant model, soon to be joined by estate fruit from Stone Hills in Drummond, where pinot and chardonnay were planted in 2024. Farming values echo home, organic-biodynamic thinking, obsessive fruit selection, and a belief that provenance outruns embellishment. Winemaking interventions are pared back to what’s necessary, allowing site and season to express. The result feels contemporary without affectation, clarity over volume, perfume over weight,
