2021 Joshua Cooper Dash Farm Vineyard Chardonnay, Bendigo, Australia Gen del Alma followed by four day maceration

followed by four day maceration period and then spontaneous fermentation with indigenous yeasts

Grapes are foot-trodden as well as hand-destemmed in zarandas (the large bamboo mat-like sieves that are extended on top of the vats) utilizing traditional winemaking techniques

and fermentation occurs during a three-week maceration with occasional pump-overs and no punch-downs

Produced in Santiago Matatlán

2021 Joshua Cooper Dash Farm Vineyard Chardonnay, Bendigo, Australia Gen del Alma followed by four day macerationPlanted 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