Baxendale Vineyard Chardonnay

A. Rodda Baxendale Vineyard Chardonnay draws from the Baxendale Vineyard at Whitlands in the cool upper reaches of north-east Victoria. The vines, planted in 1995, grow at 600 metres elevation.

The wine joins A. Rodda's Chardonnay Project alongside wines from Smiths Vineyard in Beechworth and Willow Lake Vineyard in the Yarra Valley. Each wine carries the same winemaking thumbprint so their expression of site and region is clear.

The fruit is pressed to French oak barrelss without clarification or racking. Natural fermentation occurs without temperature control. Malolactic fermentation is not encouraged to preserve freshness and natural acidity.

After 10 months resting on lees the wine is bottled with minimal fining.

Pale straw, A. Rodda Baxendale Vineyard Chardonnay is a restrained wine with minerality and fine acidity providing focus and length. Cellaring potential is 10 years.