Giant Steps Chardonnay Sexton Vineyard Yarra Valley 2011
White
Yarra Valley, Australia
7.5
WineSaint
Tightly wound with lime zest and wet chalk, the palate cuts like a blade. Quince and lemongrass emerge through the mineral core, while sea spray adds saline complexity. That 3.18 pH shows. This is all sinew and nerve, brilliant in its austerity.
lime zestwet chalkquincesea spray
Label
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.