Giaconda Wines Roussanne Aeolia Victoria 2006
White
Beechworth, Australia
7.7
WineSaint
Dried apricot and honeycomb lead, with crushed stone minerality running through the core. The texture is the story here. Waxy and dense, building grip as it opens. Hints of preserved lemon and almond skin add savory counterpoint. Still tightly wound despite its age, with phenolic bite that suggests another decade of evolution ahead.
dried apricothoneycombcrushed stonepreserved lemon
Label
Giaconda Wines
→Giaconda is Beechworth's benchmark producer, built around a single estate vineyard in the granite-inflected hills of northeast Victoria. The Chardonnay is one of Australia's most sought-after whites.