Giant Steps Chardonnay Sexton Vineyard Yarra Valley 2003

White
Yarra Valley, Australia
6.6
WineSaint

Ripe and full-throttle, this shows its age in butterscotch and roasted nut complexity. The palate is broad and textured, with preserved citrus and dried tropical fruit emerging through layers of oak spice. Still drinking but the phenolic grip on the finish suggests this peaked several years ago.

butterscotchroasted nutspreserved citrusdried tropical fruit
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Giant Steps

Giant Steps is one of the Yarra Valley's benchmark chardonnay producers, working a range of single-vineyard sites across the appellation to make wines of precision and site distinction rather than a house style imposed from above.