2024 Cobaw Ridge Lagrein

97 pts
Australia’s benchmark Lagrein – powerful, savoury and unlike anything else you will have tried in this country.

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Description

Cobaw Ridge is a true original. Alan and Nelly Cooper planted their vines in the late ’80s on a granite slope high in the Macedon Ranges, farming organically and biodynamically long before it was fashionable. Over the years they’ve built one of Australia’s most respected small estates – and no wine sums that up better than their Lagrein.

Originally from northern Italy, Lagrein is still a rarity in Australia, but Cobaw Ridge have made it their own. Decades of experience have turned this into the country’s benchmark for the variety – deep in colour, structured, but always with that cool-climate freshness that defines the site.

The 2024 shows dark berry fruit, spice and earthy grip, with firm but polished tannins and a long, savoury finish. It’s serious wine, no doubt, but still very much made to drink. 

Extremely limited.

97 points
"Utterly superb. Could be a contender for Australian red wine of the year for me. Believe it."
- Mike Bennie (The Wine Front)

97 points - "There’s a history with this variety, this we know. There seems to have been a shift in recent, deliverable years, those that made it to a single variety release, where finesse has moved in and some of the wilder edges have been pared back. It’s stellar from 2024. A huge wow moment. Move over top flight reds of alpine Italy, a new contender is in your realm! It’s quite a thing here, sleek texture, fine tannin profile, alpine herbs galore, aniseed/fennel, dark cherry, cola, graphite, smoky paprika. A long list of things but all set in a stony minerality, firm and yet fresh. Exceptional balance, primed at just-shy of medium weight, persistent as all get out. A wine so confident and relaxed, easy to drink, but with all the x-factor. Utterly superb. Could be a contender for Australian red wine of the year for me. Believe it." - Mike Bennie (The Wine Front)

Customer Reviews

Price Bracket $101 and Above
Type Red
Body Full Bodied
Variety Lagrein
Country Australia
Region Macedon Ranges
Australian State VIC
Reviewed By The Wine Front
Critic Score 97
Alcohol 12.5%
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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