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Giant Steps Sexton Chardonnay 2021
Standard - 75cl
ETA: 5-7 weeks
- Vintage2021
- ColourWhite
- ProducerGiant Steps
- CountryAustralia
- RegionVictoria
- Sub RegionYarra Valley
- DesignationGI
- Bottle SizeStandard - 75cl
- LWIN13226002021
Wine Critic Reviews
Made mainly from WA's Gingin clone and planted in Gruyere on the same grey clay as Applejack. Whole bunches pressed into French puncheons with 20% new oak. Smells tightly wound and concentrated with aromas of ripe peach and nectarine, together with just a hint of lanolin and apple custard. Equally powerful and punchy on the palate. This has more of everything, including sprightly acid and some phenolic grip on the very long, stone-fruit pithy finish. Today, this is my pick of the 4 single-vineyard 2021 chardonnays, but who knows what will come out on top in 5 or even 10 years from now!
- Drinking Window: 2022 - 2028
- Reviewer Name: Philip Rich
- Review Date: May 2022
This is made with fruit from the Sexton Vineyard, at 200 meters in altitude (80 meters higher than Tarraford). Within the vineyard, the clones are dominated by Gingin (brought over to Victoria by Phil Sexton), followed by Dijon clones, planted in the 1990s. The 2021 Sexton Vineyard Chardonnay is composed of 60% Gingin. Twenty percent of the parcels went through malolactic fermentation—clone 277 and some of the 96. This is salty as anything—a very good thing in my book—and the sheer intensity of flavor in the mouth is mouthwatering. Preserved lemon and grapefruit pith lace the edges of the mid-palate. Very smart—it has the Yarra precision of acid and streamlined phenolics, but it brings concentration of flavor and thrilling phenolics. Super smart wine.
- Drinking Window: 2022 - 2032
- Reviewer Name: Erin Larkin
- Review Date: June 2022