2024 Latta 'Jurassique' Chardonnay - Coghills Creek - Ballarat, VIC. 750ml
Super Textured, extended lees contact, great natural acidity, low sulphur, salty, vinous, oxidative handling, boundary pushing.
Method: Ouillé
Vineyard: Tarrington
Variety: Chardonnay
Planted: 2001
Elevation: 201 metres
Soil: Free draining red buckshot soil
So so great to have this cuveé back after none was produced in 2023.
As you can probably guess from the name of this wine, the first four letters have a bit of an influence on my white wine consumption from time to time. I love textured whites, long lees contact, low sulphur, salty things, oxidative things, boundary pushing things, things that don’t make sense but do make good sense… if you know what I mean.
I've always had a bit of a fascination with the wines from the Jura & natural leaning burgundy producers as well as all the ones in the middle.
Don’t get me wrong my one true love is beautiful, Fine classic Chardonnay from near & far - it's one of the worlds greatest grapes that can be a kaleidoscope of styles.
The fruit for this wine is grown on lovely red volcanic soils down in Tarrington far south Western Victoria at the Laceys vineyard which is 210m elevation.
Chardonnay was harvested at just over 11.5 baumé, whole bunch pressed on a long slow cycle in the pneumatic press, transferred to 228 & 300L French & Austrian casks, indigenous yeasts.
Again this season I decided to keep my barrels topped up on a more relaxed schedule to gain some oxidative/texture.
12 months in barrel full malo, full lees contact with no interference, once racked from barrel it spends a further 3 months resting in tank prior to estate bottling.
