Axedale is located 15 minutes from Bendigo on the McIvor Highway. Whichever way you look at it, it can be considered either Bendigo or Heathcote due to it's geographical location. This wine has more in common with those reds from Heathcote.
"Follow the Northern Highway until you reach Elmore, turn east on the Midland Highway towards Corop, then South again on the Rochester Road, back to Heathcote. Within this long, thin upside down triangle (and occasionally spilling out from the sides of it) can be found some of the most exciting grape-growing dirt in Australia. You see, the red wines (shiraz, mostly) made from grapes grown in this deep Cambrian soil have something that sets them apart. They are unusually deep in colour and its depth remains stable for an unusually long time. Flavour, too - inky dark, ripe and black - seems to be present in uncommon volume. For the technically minded, it has something to do with the potassium levels in the soil resulting in low pH fruit, something to do with the warm, reliable, dry climate, and something to do with the great depth of the soil resulting in good root penetration." Max Allen
