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Joshua Cooper Balgownie Vineyard 1970 Block Cabernet Sauvignon 2022 - Bendigo
Alc: 13%
Closure: Cork
Bottle size: 750ml
Closure: Cork
Bottle size: 750ml
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$85.50: as part of any six
$95.00: single bottle
$1,026.00: Per case of 12 (free shipping)
Maximum buy quantity no greater than 7 bottles.
“This 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” - Jeremy Oliver
Balgownie 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. Established in 1969 at 200m above sea level 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, 1970.
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.
Our notes
NEW & LIMITED from the 2024 Halliday Best New Winery winner.
Reviews
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Very cool that Balgownie, already excellent, gets a go from Josh Cooper here. And go he does.
A significant cabernet for Australian wine, again. Elegant, refined, silky as with an authority of silty tannin that stretches long into the distance. Blue fruits here, violets and lavender, green olive, tobacco, faint eucalyptus, rosemary and sweet spices. 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.
Mike Bennie
Producers notes
Established in 2012 with a single barrel, my wine operation is based around a négocient system, sourcing from sensitive and conscientious growers with great vineyard sites in the Macedon Ranges and across Central and Western Victoria. With a focus on Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and Cabernet Sauvignon from significant and historic sites, this is an exploration of my surroundings through wine, made without artifice, to be a reflection of place and season. These grower vineyards are soon to be supplemented by estate grown fruit, with planting commencing 2024 of Chardonnay and Pinot Noir at Stone Hills, Drummond Victoria.
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