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*Halliday Winery Of The Year 2025*
Region: Yarra Valley
Grapes: Chardonnay
First Glance: Wet Stones, Waxy Texture, Sea Spray, Long Finish
Acclaim: 98pts
The Wine:
Handpicked and whole bunch pressed to barrel by gravity with no settling. Fermented in 500L French oak, and matured for 9 months in used oak - 25% of which was second fill. 25% malolactic fermentation.
"The nose is lean and mineral flecked with wet stones and lemon balm filling the nose - is this Chablis? The palate is waxy, creamy and sooooo intense - really tightly coiled with talcy minerals and pumice stone texture. This wine's got a secret, and I cant wait for it to tell...".
- James Malone, Best Cellars
The Review:
Philip Rich, Halliday Wine Companion - 98pts
"Planted in 1987 in Gladysdale at 400m by the trailblazing Ray Guerin for Hardys and purchased by Giant Steps in 2022. This is its first wine from the vineyard. And what a wine it is! A brilliant and pure scented bouquet of nashi, pink grapefruit, crushed rock, sea spray and honeysuckle. There's a hint of fresh honeycomb, too. Incisive, pure and chalky on the palate, this concentrated yet light on its feet wine is reminiscent of good Corton-Charlemagne. That it will age gracefully is a given."
