Fighting Gully Road Chardonnay 2021

Fighting Gully Road Chardonnay 2021Fighting 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

at the same altitude as the Primavera Vineyard on gray clay over mudstone

"One of Australia's legendary icons is Henschke's Hill of Grace Shiraz

a swathe of heavy Waenga soil occurs again in Blocks 10 and 11

plenty of depth

Winemaker Phillip Jones is increasingly using 'minimal intervention' principles to achieve a natural balance and optimum flavour development

Drink: 2018–2037

this joining a distinguished band of Yarra Valley shirazes of the highest quality from vines planted in the '70s and '80s

40% new oak

underlined by a firm tannin backbone

” That focus aligns with Sarah's passion and origins in viticulture

We start at 9 am and don't leave until we've decided

Dom Pérignon’s historic birthplace