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SHAY’S FLAT CABERNET SAUVIGNON Landsborough Joshua Cooper 2021

1 current tracked listing from 1 UK retailer, from £52.95.

Category	Other wine
Vintage	2021
Grape	Cab Sauv
ABV	13%
Container size	750ml

Price context: at £52.95, 26% of the 8,428 in-stock tracked wine products in the UK section cost more than this one.

About this product

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.