2017 Fighting Gully Road Chardonnay
Beechworth, VIC
Super 96 point Chardonnay and one of the best value in all of Beechworth.
$35.00
Out of Stock
About The Wine
The Fighting Gully Road Chardonnay is sourced from the Smith's Vineyard in Beechworth, the first vineyard planted in the region of the modern era.
The vineyard is tended by Mark Walpole, one of the most renowned viticulturalists, not only in Beechworth, but the entire country. Walpole has done considerable work to give the Smith's vineyard a new lease on life, painstakingly nurturing these old vines back to peak production and the results are excellent.
This is the quintessential high-impact Beechworth Chardonnay. Full of sulphide and funk and with the powerful fruit to back it up. Winemaker Adrian Rodda churning out a beauty here.
About Fighting Gully Road
Fighting Gully Road is a boutique wine outfit from Beechworth.
It combines the considerable viticultural knowledge of Mark Walpole, one of Victoria's most respected grape-growers, with the impressive winemaking nous of Adrian Rodda, one of Beechworth's rising stars.
The wines are made in a traditional style, Mark's immaculately grown fruit making wines that are great drinking in an array of styles.
There is everything from Sangiovese to Shiraz in this delicious and good value range.
Beechworth, VIC
From The Producer
Cool climate Chardonnay characters prevail with grapefruit, melon, white stone fruit, mineral and a hint of struck match. The palate shows richness despite the lack of malolactic fermentation, principally from the vines nearly 40 years of age.
Blend : Chardonnay (100%)
ABV : 13.0%
Closure : Screw Cap
Drink Until : 2030
Bottle Size : 750ml
Critic Reviews
"From both the Fighting Gully Road and nearby Smith Vineyard. It's a crackerjack chardonnay. Elegant and yet well-flavoured. Persistent too. It tastes of peach, grapefruit, oatmeal, shell-grit and sweet/spicy oak, and while it's fresh and unhindered through the palate it just wants to go on and on through the finish." - Campbell Mattinson (Halliday Wine Companion)
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