2021 Bindi 'Kostas Rind' Chardonnay, Macedon Ranges, Australia Sandy Giovese Distilled from 100% Folle Blanche

Distilled from 100% Folle Blanche on a traveling wood-fired alambic Armagnacais (short column still)

where it matures for 12 months

most growers have abandoned these historic sites because mechanization is near impossible and it's too much work

In Pantelleria dialect Terra Forte means rare

2021 Bindi 'Kostas Rind' Chardonnay, Macedon Ranges, Australia Sandy Giovese Distilled from 100% Folle BlancheKostas Rind took the place of Composition in the Bindi family. This wine is dedicated to Kostas, a Lithuanian sage who epitomized wisdom and humility. From 1958, at Ballarat Grammar School, Kostas mentored Bill Darshan Singh Dhillon and later introduced him to the culture and celebration of fine wine. It was Kostas who foresaw that Bill would work on the land. The first Bindi wine, 1991 Chardonnay, was a tribute to Kostas and this wine, from the same