Indigo Vineyard Chardonnay
⏳ Drinking Window
2023 - 2028
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Roasted chicken, creamy mushroom risotto, pan-seared scallops
✨ Technical Specifications
While Brokenwood is deeply rooted in the Hunter Valley, their pursuit of exceptional cool-climate fruit led them to the Indigo Vineyard, nestled in the picturesque foothills of the Victorian Alps near Beechworth, Victoria. Established in the late 1990s, this vineyard is celebrated for its granitic gravel and clay soils, which impart a distinct mineral signature. The Indigo Vineyard Chardonnay represents a beautiful marriage of Brokenwood's meticulous winemaking and Beechworth's unique high-altitude terroir. Typically fermented in French oak puncheons and barriques using indigenous yeasts, the wine undergoes regular lees stirring to develop a rich, textured palate that perfectly balances vibrant stone fruit characters with a flinty, crisp acidity.
🍾 About the Producer
Established in 1970 by Sydney solicitors James Halliday, John Beeston, and Tony Albert, Brokenwood Wines began on a ten-acre Pokolbin parcel initially intended as a cricket ground. Situated in the lower Hunter Valley against the Brokenback Mountain Range, the estate operates on alluvial loams and heavy clay soils, shaped by a warm, humid subtropical climate with cooling maritime breezes. While historically anchored by its renowned Graveyard Vineyard Shiraz, Brokenwood established equivalent global renown for its pure, cellar-worthy white wines. The estate practices certified viticulture under Sustainable Winegrowing Australia standards, supervised in cellar operations by Chief Winemaker Stuart Hordern following Iain Riggs's transformative tenure. Renowned benchmark expressions include the single-vineyard and aged ILR Reserve Semillon—celebrated for low-alcohol tension, racy citrus acidity, and nuanced toast developments without oak maturation—alongside single-site iterations like Stanleigh Park Vineyard Semillon and cool-climate chardonnays from Beechworth and Orange.
🍇 Grapes
Chardonnay
🍷 ABV
13.0-13.5%