Giant Steps Chardonnay 2015
White
Yarra Valley, Australia
7.1
WineSaint
Ripe pear and white peach show good concentration, the 20% new oak adding a subtle smokiness without dominating. There's flesh and texture here, with citrus pith cutting through the richness. The finish rolls on with honeyed peach nectar sweetness, though it could use more precision.
pearwhite peachcitrus pithhoney
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.