A. Rodda Whitlands King Valley Chardonnay 2024 bottle

A. Rodda Whitlands King Valley Chardonnay 2024

£28.95

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Key info
CountryAustralia
RegionKing Valley
GrapeChardonnay
TypeWhite
Vintage2024
Alcohol13% ABV
BodyMedium
SweetnessDry
Age-worthyPreciseSaline
Pairs with — poultry, shellfish, white fish & seafood

The wine

Lifted and energetic, with aromas of sea spray, jasmine, green apple and white peach layered over hazelnut, almond and a light smoky spice. The palate is vibrant and tightly coiled, driven by tangy lime and grapefruit, flinty tension and mouth-watering acidity. A fine, powdery texture and subtle almond creaminess lead to a long, saline finish.

Whitlands is the coolest of Adrian Rodda's three single-vineyard Chardonnays, from the Baxendale Vineyard high in the King Valley at 560 to 620 metres. He secured the site in 2017 as the third leg of a project begun in 2012 to show how one hand and one method read three different Victorian vineyards. At this altitude the fruit ripens slowly and holds its acidity, which is why the wine is built to age.

The producer

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A. Rodda is Adrian Rodda, working out of Mayday Hills in Beechworth, north-east Victoria. He has been making wine since 1998, first alongside David Bicknell at Oakridge in the Yarra Valley, where he was closely involved in the development of the Oakridge 864 Chardonnay and made his final contribution to that wine in 2009.

At the start of 2010 Adrian and his wife Christie moved to Beechworth and joined Mark Walpole of Fighting Gully Road to work the Smiths Vineyard, planted to Chardonnay, Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot back in 1978. From 2011 the range grew to take in a Bordeaux blend built around Smiths Vineyard Cabernet, and a Tempranillo from the Aquila Audax vineyard, his first attempt at a Mediterranean variety.

In 2012 he began what he calls the Chardonnay Project: working with established premium Chardonnay sites across Victoria and vinifying them in parallel, Willow Lake in the Yarra Valley alongside Smiths at Beechworth. A third single-vineyard site followed in 2017, the Baxendale Vineyard at Whitlands in the King Valley, high in the cooler upper reaches of north-east Victoria at 560 to 620 metres. Three Chardonnays, one hand and one method, three quite different pieces of ground.

More recently Adrian has planted a high-density Nebbiolo vineyard on his own Mayday Hills property and bottled the first harvest from the 2023 vintage. There is no cellar door. He shares premises with Fighting Gully Road and spends his time in the vineyard.

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