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Giant Steps Chardonnay 2024
Vintage Character
The 2024 Giant Steps Chardonnay comes from a Yarra Valley season that began cool, then finished quickly. A cool spring and favourable flowering gave good fruit set and moderate yields. Rain around New Year replenished soil moisture before a warmer, drier February accelerated ripening. Giant Steps reports that its Chardonnay and Pinot Noir came ready in close succession, compressing a valley-wide harvest that often lasts six weeks into about three. The sequence helps explain the wine's balance: enough water to support flavour development, then dry warmth to complete ripening, with bright acidity retained. This is a 2024 story of pace and precision.
Tasting Profile & Food Pairing
This regional Chardonnay brings several Giant Steps vineyard voices together rather than isolating one slope, at 12.8% alcohol. Its style is a lively meeting of lemon, pear and white peach with measured texture, white flowers and a clean, gently savoury finish. Fine lees and a mineral note add depth, and a little hazelnut shows with age. The fruit feels ripe, but acidity keeps the palate alert and makes the wine versatile with food. Try roast chicken, grilled snapper, a mushroom tart or crab with lemon. Serve moderately chilled; too cold flattens the orchard fruit and texture.
Winery Background
Giant Steps was founded in 1997 by Phil Sexton to explore the Yarra Valley's potential for Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. Today Melanie Chester leads the winemaking and viticulture, drawing on a portfolio of vineyard sites with different aspects and elevations across the valley. The producer hand-picks fruit and uses a gravity-flow winery to preserve vineyard character. This 2024 regional Chardonnay is an accessible entry to that approach: it assembles the valley's diversity while remaining identifiable with a cool-climate place and a specific fast-finishing season, and it is made with careful sorting and French oak.
The 2024 Giant Steps Chardonnay comes from a Yarra Valley season that began cool, then finished quickly. A cool spring and favourable flowering gave good fruit set and moderate yields. Rain around New Year replenished soil moisture before a warmer, drier February accelerated ripening. Giant Steps reports that its Chardonnay and Pinot Noir came ready in close succession, compressing a valley-wide harvest that often lasts six weeks into about three. The sequence helps explain the wine's balance: enough water to support flavour development, then dry warmth to complete ripening, with bright acidity retained. This is a 2024 story of pace and precision.
Tasting Profile & Food Pairing
This regional Chardonnay brings several Giant Steps vineyard voices together rather than isolating one slope, at 12.8% alcohol. Its style is a lively meeting of lemon, pear and white peach with measured texture, white flowers and a clean, gently savoury finish. Fine lees and a mineral note add depth, and a little hazelnut shows with age. The fruit feels ripe, but acidity keeps the palate alert and makes the wine versatile with food. Try roast chicken, grilled snapper, a mushroom tart or crab with lemon. Serve moderately chilled; too cold flattens the orchard fruit and texture.
Winery Background
Giant Steps was founded in 1997 by Phil Sexton to explore the Yarra Valley's potential for Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. Today Melanie Chester leads the winemaking and viticulture, drawing on a portfolio of vineyard sites with different aspects and elevations across the valley. The producer hand-picks fruit and uses a gravity-flow winery to preserve vineyard character. This 2024 regional Chardonnay is an accessible entry to that approach: it assembles the valley's diversity while remaining identifiable with a cool-climate place and a specific fast-finishing season, and it is made with careful sorting and French oak.
Product details
Wine TypeWhite
WineryGiant Steps
Grape VarietiesChardonnay
WinemakerMelanie Chester
CountryAustralia
Expert Rating—
RegionVictoria
SweetnessDry
Sub-regionYarra Valley
Alcohol Level12.8
Classification (Ranking)—
Format750ml
Prices
Omtis Fine Wine
Standard delivery 2-5 working days
Vinobuzz Delivery
HK$270
HK$270
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