Joshua Cooper Dash Farms Chardonnay 2024

This has quite a bit of richness, slippery texture, green apple, green mango, a touch of ripe nectarine with nougat, almond butter, liquid cinnamon and light terracotta notes with a slip of sizzled butter in there too. It’s got form and depth, a pleasing texture, a gentle sense of minerality, great sticking length and a sense of power. In some respects it’s a bit more of a relaxed wine, and feels a bit slow, if you get my drift. A pleasurable wine, a hedonist’s wine, feels a bit forward, but let’s see what happens in coming years too. Quite a lot of complexity here, but perhaps the energy is taking it off the pace a little. Mike Bennie-The Wine Front, 93 points, drink: 2025 - 2032