Fighting Gully Road Chardonnay 2018

Fighting Gully Road Chardonnay 2018Fighting Gully Road is a boutique winery and vineyard in the Beechworth region of northeast Victoria established by well known viticulturist and winemaker Mark Walpole. The vineyard is at an elevation of 530 580 meters above sea level, its steady slope rising to the top of the escarpment that overlooks the fertile Murmungee basin. In 2009 the opportunity arose to lease the acclaimed Smith's Vineyard, a small vineyard planted to Chardonnay in 1978 and

The bouquet is complex with a mix of dark and red cherries

2024-2039+"  Gary Walsh

Yet price-wise we're talking about a wine that sells for sub $30AUD

Haunting perfume of undergrowth

"Made from 59% cabernet sauvignon with merlot and cabernet franc

"Krug 2006 is composed of 45% Pinot Noir

slightly tangy fresh acidity and a slick of ripe grainy tannins on exit

"Pale straw with green highlights

but a wine in stasis

"Very light yellow hue

"Deep-ish red with a good strong tint of purple

"  Huon Hooke - Top 20 Wines of 2014