2021 Joshua Cooper Wines Dash Farms Vineyard Chardonnay
The Wine Advocate
RP 94
Reviewed by:Erin Larkin
Release Price:NA
Drink Date:2022 - 2032
In a word: delicious. This 2021 Dash Farms Vineyard Chardonnay is detailed and concentrated, with layers of flavor that settle on the tongue and the inside of the cheeks. Brine, stewed apple, buttered toast, salted nuts, clove bud and wafts of licorice rise out of the glass. In the mouth, the acidity is juicy and paves the way for flavor to flood across the tongue. For all of its rambunctious outlay of personality, it manages to keep a lid on it all (sealed under Diam and wax; I am not muddling metaphors) via the phenolics, which are poised and fine. It's super smart and, like Cooper's other wines, distinct. As an afterthought, the flow of flavor is interesting: it is glassy and soft, but the acidity punctuates it. Like the straight path of light, the acidity spears the fruit and creates space in the wine.