Giant Steps Chardonnay Sexton Vineyard 2024
White
Yarra Valley, Australia
7.8
WineSaint
Ripe nectarine and white peach flesh dominate, with a musky, almost honeyed weight that distinguishes this from the more austere single-vineyard bottlings. There's a flinty edge beneath the fruit, and the French oak shows as toasted hazelnut rather than vanilla. Full and fleshy on the palate, it trades precision for generosity. And succeeds. The finish rounds off gently, confirming this as the most approachable Sexton yet.
nectarinewhite peachtoasted hazelnutflint
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.