2021 Joshua Cooper Dash Farm Vineyard Chardonnay, Bendigo, Australia Gen del Alma It is then pressed into

It is then pressed into stainless steel and bottled in May

and it undergoes an additional stint in bottle before release—a purposeful delay which allows the variety’s youthful floral aromatics to subside a bit while its signature note of toast begins to emerge

they have also worked biodynamically in their vineyards and winery

but at a slightly lower altitude—80 meters above sea level compared to Le Puy’s 110 meters

Produced in Santiago Matatlán

2021 Joshua Cooper Dash Farm Vineyard Chardonnay, Bendigo, Australia Gen del Alma It is then pressed intoPlanted in 1999, Dash Farms sits at nearly 1500 ft. 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 Joshs familys vineyard, Cobaw Ridge. The lean granite soils and high altitude confer both concentration and freshness at low sugar levels. Once hand harvested with