Giant Steps, Sexton Chardonnay, Yarra Valley

Pale to medium lemon in colour with lovely aromas of citrus, melon & blossoms. On the palate, medium bodied, somewhat rich, tart citrus/lemon, unripe stone fruit, brioche, floral/blossoms, hint background oak, high to medium acidity with a long finish to lemon zest, salinity & minerality. Fresh, lively, good flavour & structure still near the end of the drinking window, possibly a result of no malolactic fermentation. Nicely done!

2019 vintage

Pale yellow. Nose shows classy oak and apple. Apple, leesy, with herb flavour profile. Medium body is like drinking silk. Very good and still youthful.

2019 vintage

Made from a single vineyard, a blend of two clones, 50/50 Gingin and Bernard, pressed with whole bunches, aged for 10 months in FR oak, 20% new. Pale lemon colour. Intense aroma of lemon zest, lemon curd, stone, acacia, quince, peaches, pineapples, passionfruit, nutty and flinty hints. Medium+ body, zesty with creamy edges, deep and structured with bright medium+ acidity, touch of salinity and chalkiness.

2019 vintage

Cool climate Chardonnay, whole bunch pressed, no malo, no batonage, 10m oak (20% new). Very elegant and subtle, but still concentrated and complex. Aromas of green apple, bruised apple, lemon, white peach, struck match and minerality. Great balance, M body, M supporting acidity and long finish

2019 vintage

Absolutely in line with the very positive previous notes. Not in a new world style, at least for me very difficult to distinguish from a white Burgundy. Excellent qpr, 92-93+.

2019 vintage

*** See previous tasting notes. Love this wine. Lovely acidity. Nice mouthfeel. Fruity-floral nose (faint) Tight and linear. Some rubber band notes. Medium plus finish. Lots of citrus and oyster shell. This wine is singing. Case worthy!!!

2019 vintage

In magnum format. Consistent with previous note. Excellent QPR.

2019 vintage

Chard-onn-YAY! I've been lamenting recently that all the Chardonnay I was drinking seemed lean and lacking the tropicality but this wine shows excellent balance. It's still young and fresh with vibrant acidity but there's also a generosity to the fruit with spiced nectarine and fresh pineapple. Some malo texture and a little bit of a yoghurty note. Lots going on here, really enjoyable.

2019 vintage

Slightly darker than pale lemon in colour with aromas of citrus, lemon curd & brioche. On the palate, medium bodied, restrained rich, citrus, lemon curd, stone fruit, brioche, blossoms, hint spice, barely recognizable oak, medium+ acidity with a long finish to saline, chalky minerality. Good complexity & freshness here. Quality wine making. Despite the aging in 20% new oak, the oak is barely recognizable. And this is appreciated by oaked Chardonnay haters. Aging on the lees has definitely contributed to …

2019 vintage

Brioche and lemon tart, from the first sip you can tell this is a really well-made wine. Savoury and concentrated, this should appeal to just about anyone.

2019 vintage

**** See previous notes Took it easy tonight after last night's banger. This is an easy peasy pop and pour delicious wine for a great price. Case worthy. Drink now or hold. Smoking a Perdomo 10th Anniversary

2019 vintage

Struck match on the nose, together with layers of pear, peach and lemon. Spiced biscuits and wet stone. Medium to full bodied with great freshness on the palate. Long toasty finish. Drink now or hold. WSET Notes: Pale lemon. Medium plus intensity on the nose with struck match, peach, pear, lemon, butter, biscuit, wet stone and toast. Youthful. Pronounced and dry on the palate. Medium plus body, medium alcohol, medium plus acidity, long finish. Can drink now but has potential …

2019 vintage

👃 guava 👅 linear at PnP, then quickly rounds out on the palate. Medium acidity, ripe green apple, guava, pineapple, white peach. Not sure if this has any oak treatment but none detectable. Don't have much experience with Chardonnays. It's probably the best one I've had, this or an entry level Chablis. Picked it up due to reputation of the producer. Overall, it's fine but not amazing. For the price paid ($30) it's ok value in my books, but I …

2019 vintage

Light lemon colour. Pronounced aromas of brioche, apple pie, peach, lemon tart, nutmeg, ripe lemon, green apple, cashew, nougat, wet slate. Pronounced palate. Medium (+) body, medium (+) acdity, long finish.

2019 vintage

****SEE PREVIOUS NOTES A go to cellar defender for me. Absolutely delicious wine. Drink now or hold. Britt's famous salmon tonight. Smoking an AF Canone

2019 vintage

Subtle nose of yellow stone fruit. Medium bodied, dry, crisp and elegant, showing discreet yellow stone fruit and subtle vanilla notes with good acidic structure. Not your typical Oz chardonnay, more of burgundy style in this refined white. Actually very good and great pairing with the various sea food dishes at Bakfickan in Visby.

2019 vintage

****SEE PREVIOUS NOTES A go-to cellar-defender for me. Fantastic juice for the price. Smoked a Valentino cigar

2019 vintage

a truly lovely wine that drinks well. There is heaps of nectarines and grapefruit flavours and layered oak characters with a creamy mouthfeel and a zippy fresh acidity mmm

2019 vintage

The wine has layers of lemon, sweet cumquat, grapefruit and other citrus scents and flavours. The mount feel has a slate salty, flinty notes at its core, with a mealy spicy cinnamon-clove oaky layer. Delicious lip smacking refill the glass wine

2019 vintage

Really enjoyed this. Crisp, vibrant, saline.

2019 vintage

****See previous tasting notes Delicious wine. Wow! Drink now or hold. Teresa and Renotcka and the family over visiting.

2019 vintage

This wine has been a big disappointment to me.....both absolutely and in relation to its price point. The bottles were purchased in mid-2021. Not one of them has really been good. I did not even post a tasting note on a couple of them. This bottle was finally OK, but still not up to the price point. The problem could not have been caused by the store where I purchased it, as it was a special order and picked up …

2019 vintage

***See previous notes Bright, racy, nice acidity, longish finish. This is a brilliant wine for the price. Drink now or hold. Case worthy. Beautiful autumn day here in Vancouver.

2019 vintage

** See previous notes Not as amazing as I last remembered it, but still damn good.

2019 vintage

Floral and fruity scent, very elegant intensity. Very good acidity, almost slender w. banana, melon and citrus and stoney minerality. Wonderful albeit too young. Keep

2019 vintage

Promising on the nose with sharp citrus, clean reduction and small hint of oak. Med body with riper fruits, some lees work and oak. Much better nose than palate. Lacks acidity leading to imbalance. Fully developed. Good at price point but otherwise forgettable

2014 vintage

Absolutely nothing wrong with this wine but it didn't quite grab me. Straddles a medium-climate style well; some faint wet hessian and old oak, a little flinty and lines of acid. Some citrus. Perhaps didn't quite fully hang together?

2014 vintage

Blinds (Chicago, IL) : Served double blind. I seriously have to stop messing this one up. I tasted this and immediately guessed white Burgundy. The palate isn't too concentrated or rich, but this has a powerful vein of acidity, as well as some really good minerality on the backend. It's blindingly obvious that this is chardonnay, of course. I ended up thinking this was a good village-level wine.

2014 vintage

WSET blinds; 5/15/2017-6/11/2017 (Chicago, IL) : Served double blind. Deeply reductive nose, this has a very classic white Burgundian style that I adore. There's a bit of white fruit on the nose and palate as well, and the fruit seems to tilt towards a bit of a slightly sweeter style. The flinty reduction also continues from the nose onto the palate, but this wine seems a little bitter towards the end. I did end up guessing white Burgundy -- should …

2014 vintage

Australia/New Zealand night (Chicago, IL) : Serious chardonnay here that easily outclasses lots of those so-called "premium" California renditions. Full-bodied and broad-shouldered, this is a very rich and dense chardonnay that still holds together with lots of acidity. The fruit, interestingly enough, seemed to be more white-tinted than yellow, which I found a bit strange given the heft and ripeness of this.

2014 vintage

light honey in color. quite intense nose of apple and pear, with a hint of citrus and minerals. grapefruit and grapefruit skin on the palate and on the medium length finish.

2014 vintage

A decent chard, but not a good QPR. Actually got better after being open for a week in the frig, smoothed it out some.

2014 vintage

oaky nose, touch sweaty - reduction? Mouth-filling, full-bodied but with plenty of acidity Touch of caramel but mainly a great savoury, mealy quality Like a Meursault good price £23

2014 vintage

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