2021 Fighting Gully Road Smith's Vineyard Chardonnay

Highly Rated
The bold and the beautiful personified in this classy single vineyard Chardonnay from Beechworth.

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Description

This Chardonnay is a real beauty, with fruit hailing from the Smith's Vineyard site that viticultural legend Mark Walpole has been managing since 2009.

Made in a fresher style, the wine is straight-up quality. Extremely well balanced with an impeccable concentration of scorched stone fruit and nutty flavours, all packaged into a classy, complex and deliciously buttery Chardonnay set to please.

It's a powerful wine for the cellar.

Smiths Vineyard: Planted 1978 / 510 metres above sea level and 1 km from Fighting Gully Site. Mark Walpole helping manage the site since 2009

Winemaking: 18 months. Puncheon / 40% new / No Malo / light stirring.

Region: Beechworth, VIC
Blend: Chardonnay (100%)
ABV: 13.50%
Closure: 750ml
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95 points - "Black label. A complex and compelling chardonnay. At its heart is a mineral, beeswax and slatey core that lays the foundation for the wine, contributing an effortless, natural balance. To that, the winemaker has brought ripe, citrus and stone fruits, introduced some spicy oak and a nougat-like texture. Brings both power and delicacy to the glass." - Jeni Port (Halliday Wine Companion)

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 most accomplished younger generation talents.

The wines are made in a traditional style, Mark's immaculately grown fruit making wines that are great to drink in an array of styles.

Everything from Sangiovese to Shiraz is in this delicious and good value range.

Legendary viticulturist, Mark Walpole Fighting Gully Road

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