Two Hands Wines
Lucky Country Chardonnay 2009
TWO HANDS “THE LUCKY COUNTRY” CHARDONNAY, 2009
Background:
The 'two hands' are Michael Twelftree and Richard Mintz who formed the company in 1999 with the clear objective of making the best possible shiraz based wines from prized shiraz producing regions within Australia. From the beginning the wines were very well received at home and abroad with a healthy stream of reviews, culminating in 2004 with Robert M. Parker pronouncing Two Hands as "the finest negociant operation south of the equator".
Since the winery opened, Two Hands sucess has gone from strength to strength with numerous accolades defining the culture of the organisation. Two Hands Wines were listed in the Wine Spectator Top 100 for the last five years with two listings in the top 10, most recently the 2005 Bella's Garden Barossa Valley Shiraz at #5 and The Ares voted one of the 25 Benchmark Wines of Australia. Consistent 90+ reviews from Robert Parker Jnr's Wine Advocate, Stephen Tanzer's International Wine Cellar, James Halliday's Wine Companion, Wine Spectator and the UK Decanter magazine is further testament to the company's ability to capture the terroir of each vineyard and carefully nurture the characteristics of each parcel.
Tasting Notes:
Light straw in colour, a perfumed bouquet leaps out of the glass with guava, fresh lemon and limes, backed by a zesty melons and nectarines. The palate cuts a swath of fruit straight down your mouth and finished dry and light on its feet. The initial fruits are quite penetrating but the soft and tight acid brighten up all the elements before elevating the long, tight, mineral laidened finish. This will be best drunk on the younger side.
Vintage: 2009
Winery: Two Hands (http://www.twohandswines.com)
Availability: Available in Consignment
Composition: 100% Chardonnay
[bvwines.com]
The Best Of The Rest/ Australia
TWO HANDS ****
Two Hands is a negociant operation run impeccably by Michael Twelftree. It reflects the best that can be sourced from all over South Australia. The packaging provides some serious design competition to Dan Philip’s Grateful Palate and R Winery portfolio.
[Parker's Wine Buyer's Guide No.7]
By twohandswines.com
TWO HANDS WINES CORE VALUES:
* Quality, without compromise is central to the Two Hands philosophy, driving all the decisions from fruit and oak selection to packaging and promotion.
* We seek to differentiate ourselves; to be unique, fun and innovative in our business approach while maintaining a high degree of professionalism and integrity.
* To make our wines by a process of barrel classification - selecting the very best barrels for the Flagship Range followed by the Garden Series then our Picture Series.
* This is achieved by sourcing the best parcels of fruit available to us from six prime regions within Australia.
* To handle every parcel of fruit, no matter how small, separately from crushing through to fermentation and oak maturation to ensure complexity and personality in the finished wines.
* To allow fruit to be the primary feature of all our wines with oak playing a supporting role.
TWO HANDS PHILOSPHY
Why do we do the things we do?
From the beginning, we have set out to build a wine company that is different in its approach, one that is innovative and not afraid to think outside the square. We want to put some fun back into wine.
In its simplest form, it could be said we squeeze the grapes and put them in a bottle. However, in practice there are many different steps and countless hours involved, from vineyard, through to winemaking, tasting, blending and maturation in order to make consistent, quality wines.
With regards to our winemaking style, we concentrate our efforts on sourcing the best fruit from the best Shiraz vineyards in Australia, working closely with our growers on achieving the full potential of each individual site.
At Two Hands we are very lucky in that we love what we do and hope this is communicated through our wines and the Two Hands philosophy. Our cellar door and winery at Neldner Road, Marananga in the Barossa Valley, has come to be regarded as one of the highlights of the region, in addition to giving our customers a place to meet and taste with us.
Lastly, why do we do the things we do? The answer is simple. Achieving our best gives us a sense of excitement, satisfaction and pride in our daily work.
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