Xavier Goodridge

2025 'Avon' Chardonnay

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Awash with rich but focussed pineapple, buttered-toast aromatics with a limey, leesy complexity; the palate is full-bodied, brooding and intense. Classically Burgundian in oh- so-many ways, but with a Gippsland generosity of fruit and a lingering toasty finish



About Xavier Goodridge

Xavier Goodridge crafts idiosyncratic expressions of Pinot Noir born on his organically farmed vineyard in Gippsland’s Maffra, the Gunaikurnai Country. In collaboration with exceptional growers from Mount Gambier and Henty, he sources the highest quality grapes for his Papa range. With the light touch in the winery, Xavier lets the wines speak of the land.

Region Gippsland, VIC
Country Australia
Vintage 2025
Size 750ml
Alcohol 13%
Closure Wax-sealed cork
Grapes Chardonnay
Farming Organic
About the Wine

The Avon Chardonnay comes from a single hectare of old vines planted in 1987 at the Avon Vineyard, located in Maffra, Gippsland. Naturally lower yielding, these vines produce small, intensely flavored bunches that capture the purity and character of the site.

With the help of ideal ripening conditions, the fruit came in beautifully balanced, carrying a fine line of minerality drawn from the quartz- rich soils of the vineyard. The fruit was hand- picked into 15kg baskets and hand-sorted directly into the press. Whole bunches were gently pressed, with the juice briefly settled in tank before being transferred to barrel for fermentation.

The wine remained on full lees for 10 months, with barrels stirred once or twice prior to the completion of malolactic fermentation. It matured in French oak, 30% of which was new, and was racked in January before bottling in February 2026.

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2025 'Avon' Chardonnay
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