2021 Eastern Peake Two Mile Hill Chardonnay

Highly Rated
A brand new single-site Chardonnay offering from winemaking gun, Owen Latta - flavour and texture in abundance.

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Young-gun Owen Latta gets the Chardonnay fruit for this wine from a small 4 acre vineyard just 5kms away from Eastern Peake. He helps farm it, along with the vineyard owner Karel Schaefer.

The vines here were planted in 2017, on top of rich volcanic soil. It sees the regular Latta treatment - that is to say hands off, wild ferments, time spent on lees and no filtering.

Soft and gentle yet no shortage of flavour here - hits of lemon, buttery roundness and a little herbaceousness and grippy texture.

93 Points - "Lemony! Scents of lemon verbena, lemon butter, wheat and white chocolate mint. Flavour profile is lemon myrtle tea, paperbark, mint, eucalyptus lollies and faint green almond. Fine and succulent in the palate. The texture also is a bit shuddery, chops and chews with nice grip though. Very refreshing, unique in a way, very Aussie bush in its character." - Mike Bennie (The Wine Front)

91 Points - "Medium-full yellow with a slight gold tint; the bouquet is more artifact than primary fruit, with buttery shortbread, bread-crust, straw and dried flower heads, a little smoked charcuterie, while the palate is soft and round and a little broad, finishing dry with a gentle phenolic grip. A trace of snuffed-candle. Ample flavour fills the mouth but it's a wide and ample rather than long and refined shape." - Huon Hooke (The Real Review)

97 points & Top 100 Australian Wines - "This is exceptional, reminding me of Ganevat the way it rolls across the palate, ebbing with reductive tension, saline bite and a relaxed, mid-weighted, oxidative flow across the finish, the signature of a judicious, minimal sulfur regime. Chamomile, nougat, cheese cloth, roasted hazelnuts, nectarine and tatami straw. The underlying energy is compelling, whetting the appetite for the next glass and the next. Wonderful wine. Among the most exciting chardonnay tasted in the last 12 months. Drink or hold." ned Goodwin MW (James Suckling)

Karel Schaefer loves chardonnay, a conversation started back in 2015 about planting some vines to satisfy the thirst. Karel  & Family planted their first vines at Two Mile Hill in 2017, it’s a 4 acre site with 3 different soil types & 3 varieties. The Chardonnay is planted on rich red volcanic soil with a south slightly west facing slope with the clone i10V5, this is the first vintage produced from Two Mile Hill, with exciting 2022s in barrel & a lovely looking crop for 2023.
It’s located 5km from Eastern Peake from which you can still see our vineyard & seems to be one/two weeks earlier than us with flowering & harvest dates. Farming is shared between Karel & us under our guidance. Harvested & whole bunch pressed on 24/03/2021, fermented naturally in 300L hogs heads & 228L barriques, during élevage there is no racking, left on full lees no interference with the lees, the wine always goes through full malo on its own, a small amount of sulphur post malo, racked 3/4/2022 to stainless tank no fining or filtering, bottled 11/10/2022 A small amount of sulphur post malo & pre bottling. 

Region: Ballarat, VIC
Blend: Chardonnay (100%)
ABV: 12.80%
Closure: 750ml
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Price Bracket $51 to $100
Type White
Body Full Bodied
Variety Chardonnay
Country Australia
Region Ballarat
Australian State VIC
Feature Natural/Lo-Fi
High Score
Reviewed By The Wine Front
The Real Review
James Suckling
Critic Score 93
91
97
Alcohol 12%
Size 750ml
Vintage 2021
Closure DIAM Cork

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