Eastern Peake Brut Nature Zero Dosage 2022

Written By Campbell Mattinson
Mattinson review of Eastern Peake Brut Nature Zero Dosage 2022.

Eastern Peake Brut Nature Zero Dosage 2022
$130, 14% alcohol, DIAM cork, Ballarat.

This wine is the antidote to the world of bland. It’s a fascinating drink, captivating even. It’s a coiled up sparkling wine of intensity and richness; it tastes of custard apples and chalk, grilled peach and honey, with ginger and the sawdust of cedar laced through. The finish then has a brine-like drive to it. It’s textural wine but, best of all, it’s a highly distinctive. Hallelujah to that. 95/100.

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Bottle image here is for illustration purposes only and isn’t an exact depiction of the label.

Campbell Mattinson

This article was written by Campbell Mattinson, former chief editor of the Halliday Wine Companion book, former editor of Halliday magazine, former editor of Australian Sommelier Magazine and founder of the highly respected The Winefront site.

Mattinson has been a respected wine critic and photo-journalist since 1987. He’s the only Australian to have won the Australian Wine Communicator of the Year Award more than once. He’s a past winner of a Louis Roederer International Wine Media Award; is the author of the award-winning book The Wine Hunter; and is the author of the best-selling novel We Were Not Men. He’s also a winner of a St Kilda Film Festival Award (as writer-director) and is a former winner of the prized Best Australian Sports Writing Award.

Mattinson puts a score out of 100 on every wine that he reviews. But what he’d rather do, is tell you the wine’s story.

https://www.campbellmattinson.com
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