2024 Fighting Gully Road Chardonnay

The Fighting Gully Road Chardonnay is primarily 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.

95 points
"Clean as a whistle and bright; it moves in a linear line of brisk acidity, going long and dispensing some tart grapefruit pithiness on the finish. It's early days for this little beauty."
- Jeni Port (Halliday Wine Companion)

94 points
Here’s a Chardonnay with plenty of flavour, though it also keeps itself tight and tidy... Such a lovely wine to drink.
- Gary Walsh (The Wine Front)