Eastern Peake Intrinsic Chardonnay 2023
- 97
- $90
- Drink by: 2025-2040
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Grown in volcanic loam soils over weathered basalt at 430m of altitude. Indigenous yeasts fermented in 300L hogsheads of French and Austrian oak on full solids. Full malo and additional time post ferment in stainless steel. Like scooping handfuls of lava ash, grass seed and lemon cream up to your face. Such is the mystic of Intrinsic, born and grown, this wine tells its story in careful hushed words, demanding you to lean forward and capture every breath. Honeycomb, pink salt flakes and bottle brush. It circles the palate with chiselled phenolics, melting moments of crumbly lemon shortbread. Acidity is so finite and graceful, I am in complete submission. A true bedazzling light in Australian Chardonnay, it has my heart and always will. This wine can do no wrong on a table with shellfish, creamy pastas, spatchcock or salty aged cheeses. Drink now and buy a dozen for the cellar and drink in 5,10, 15 years.
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.
