2024 Cobaw Ridge L'Altra Chardonnay

Cobaw Ridge has been in Alan and Nelly Cooper’s hands since the late ’80s, and they’ve never strayed from their path – organic and biodynamic farming, small ferments, no nonsense. Their vines sit high up on granite soils in the Macedon Ranges, one of the coolest parts of Victoria, where Chardonnay develops naturally fine acidity and depth without any winemaking theatrics.

The L’Altra Chardonnay – “the other” – is made as a more open, early-drinking style than their main cuvée. The fruit is hand-picked and wild-fermented in older oak barrels, with minimal intervention and no fining. It’s still Cobaw through and through – clean, mineral and precise – just a touch softer around the edges.

Expect fresh citrus and white peach flavours, gentle texture from time on lees, and that faint granite snap that runs through all their wines. Straightforward, beautifully made, and distinctly Cobaw.

94 points
"Layers on layers, wonderful, evocative, potent perfume, a pulpy, juicy finish. All this spells hell yeah, and then some. Taste sensation."
- Mike Bennie (The Wine Front)