Giant Steps Yarra Valley Chardonnay 2023
£28.75
The wine
Elegant and refined, and surprisingly voluptuous for its delicacy, expressing all the classic Yarra characteristics.
The valley blend draws across the estate sites rather than bottling one, which gives a fuller picture of the region than any single vineyard can. 2023 was a difficult, wet season, with harvest an arduous task from waterlogged ground. Giant Steps work estate vineyards across the Yarra Valley, an hour east of Melbourne and one of the coolest mainland regions in Australia, bottling each site separately alongside the valley blends.
The producer
Giant Steps
View all Giant Steps winesGiant Steps is one of Australia's leading estates for Chardonnay and Pinot Noir, based in the cool Yarra Valley of Victoria. Founded by Phil Sexton, it has become a benchmark for single-vineyard wines of purity and precision. The wines rank among the country's finest.
The vineyards lie across the Yarra Valley's varied soils and altitudes, each site vinified separately to capture its character. Cool nights and careful, low-intervention winemaking give freshness and detail. Giant Steps is a champion of Yarra terroir.
The range runs from the fresh, regional Yarra Valley Chardonnay and Pinot Noir to the acclaimed single-vineyard bottlings from Sexton and Applejack. Each is pure, mineral and beautifully balanced. They show the Yarra at its most refined.
Giant Steps wines combine cool-climate freshness with real depth and craft. They are elegant, age-worthy and consistently outstanding. Among the best of modern Australia.
