Eastern Peake Intrinsic Chardonnay 2022

There are not many Australian wines that draw a crowd of Sommeliers quite like the Intrinsic wines. These wines age like a dream and have played an important role in my understanding of the utterly fascinating journey a wine goes through over time with fruit sourced from the 1991 block of I10V5 Chardonnay vines which underwent full malolactic and were matured in French and Austrian oak Hogsheads. Jasmine and Frangipani blossom, wild white rose and freesia. Lemonade fruit, finger lime and white nectarine. A pineapple core of fruit surrounded by candied apples. There is an orange blossom honey note with pumice stone and quartz. The palate is dizzyingly alive with fruit weight, creamed butter and sesame supported by thrilling acidity and almond praline. A lace of very fine oak tannins and dusty cinnamon. Impossible to put down. Drink now and will cellar well for 5-8 years. A sensational wine for lobster bisque.

Shanteh Wale

Contributor at Wine Companion

Shanteh cut her teeth at Sydney’s Award-Winning Quay restaurant where she worked for over a decade and was Head Sommelier from 2018 till 2022. She has been nominated for the Good Food Guide Sommelier of the Year award on three occasions and claims that her experience as a Len Evans scholar as one of the highlights of her career. Shanteh hosts her own weekly podcast ‘Over A Glass’ with the Deep in the Weeds Network and spends her time writing for various publications and judging at numerous wine shows across the country.

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