2024 Cobaw Ridge High Density Pinot Noir

96 pts
A tightly focused, structured, biodynamic Pinot Noir from Cobaw Ridge’s high-density block.

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Alan and Nelly Cooper have spent more than three decades proving just how special their little granite hillside in the Macedon Ranges really is. Everything at Cobaw Ridge is done by hand and with intent – certified biodynamic farming, no irrigation, no shortcuts. The High Density Pinot Noir comes from a small block planted close together to push the vines deep and naturally limit yields.

The 2024 vintage shows just how well that approach works. It’s pure and concentrated without being heavy, the kind of wine that feels grown rather than made. There’s dark cherry, sappy herbs and a hint of spice from the stems, all sitting on a fine, stony backbone. Fermented with wild yeast and aged in mostly old oak, it’s bottled with minimal handling.

This is serious Macedon Pinot – detailed, savoury and full of life, with the quiet confidence of a grower who knows their patch inside out.

96 points
"Loaded with character. Yum, yes thanks, more please Sir."
- Mike Bennie (The Wine Front)

Mike Bennie

Mike Bennie

The Wine Front 96 Points

High Density, Hi-Tension. I loved the music of Hi-Tension, particularly their eponymous track Hi-Tension. Imaginative. Like S’Express with S’Express. Hi-Tension really took things to the next level. So too the High Density planting.

This is a meatier, plusher expression than expected but not without lift, perfume, herbal nuance, mineral charm, savouriness, a core of energetic acidity. And, importantly, and gee whiz, there is so much spice here. Brown spices invade on beef jerky, dried cranberry, dark cherry characters. A bit of Chinese salted, preserved plum too. It’s exotic, wild in a way, but also feels very elegant and harmonious. I say ‘thank you for character’ with pinot, it’s a world away from the dull fine wine paradigms of primped and preened polish, marching emphatically to its own beat. Loaded with character. Yum, yes thanks, more please Sir.

Price Bracket $101 and Above
Type Red
Body Medium Bodied
Variety Pinot Noir
Country Australia
Region Macedon Ranges
Australian State VIC
Reviewed By The Wine Front
Critic Score 96
Alcohol 14%
Size 750ml
Vintage 2024
Closure DIAM Cork

Cobaw Ridge

Alan and Nelly Cooper established their Macedon Ranges vineyard in 1985. The first certified organic and biodynamic winery in the region, the Coopers firmly believe that great wines are made in the vineyard so the vines and the integrity of their fruit are their first priorities.

They grow some of the region’s best examples of Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Syrah, and Australia’s most sought-after example of Lagrein. Over the years Alan's winemaking approach has become more and more minimalist. With sulphur now the only addition in the winery and Alan using more inert vessels such as Qvevri, the Cobaw Ridge Wines have never looked better.

Small, family-owned, sensitively-grown, hand-crafted wines - this is why we love Australian wine.

Alan and Nelly Cooper Cobaw Ridge

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