2021 Joshua Cooper Wines Shay's Flat Cabernet Sauvignon
Reviewed by Erin Larkin
Issue Date 18th Nov 2022
Source October 2022 Week 1, The Wine Advocate
Rating 95+ points
Release Price NA
Drink Date 2022 - 2037 ⇒飲み頃に入っています
Joshua Cooper is a producer whose wines I buy in my spare time and drink when I'm not working. The wines are detailed and interesting, and that's something I really value, along with distinction, specificity, place and identity. So, the 2021 Shay's Flat Cabernet Sauvignon leads with a leafy, cassis-riddled nose, which is brambly and spiced, with lotus leaf/humidor (to quote a friend), star anise, mountain herbs, coal dust, salted licorice, ash/embers and blackberries. In the mouth, the tannins are svelte and streamlined-they shape the fruit but it's an invisible caress-and their finesse is like finely milled powder. While tasting, the rockiness of the place evokes earth and minerals in the mind. The cool part about this wine is its austerity of line and structure: it packs flavor and complexity and freshness into a fine-boned package. It's awesome. Thrilling, actually.