Joshua Cooper is a Central Victorian winemaker named Gourmet Traveller Young Winemaker of the Year in 2020 and whose label was Halliday's Best New Winery in 2024. This Chardonnay is drawn from the Dash Farms vineyard in the Bendigo zone of Central Victoria, a cool, elevated single site on ancient, stony ground. The lean, mineral character of the wine, often described as tasting as though it were rinsed over stones, reflects that geology and altitude. Cooper farms with a light touch and picks for freshness. The 2025 vintage is very recent, but the region continued to yield fresh, cool-climate whites with bright citrus and white-floral lift over a stony core.

The fruit was handled gently and matured in French oak while retaining a clean, mineral-driven line rather than an overtly worked, oaky style. In keeping with Cooper's approach the wine is built through barrel maturation for structure with restrained new oak, wild fermentation and lees contact that add a fine haze of texture without weight. It finishes medium-bodied, focused and refreshing, with bright citrus zest, saline minerality and accessible drinkability in its youth.