Giant Steps Wombat Creek Vineyard Chardonnay

The Chardonnay grown on this property always produces wines with coiled acidity with notes of lime leaf, lemon verbena and white flowers.

100% hand picked - very small bunches. Whole bunch pressed, juice transferred to barrel by gravity with no settling. Maturation for 10 months in new and used French oak – 15% new, 85% older. It was a high quality but low yielding season in the Yarra Valley. A very cool, wet and stormy spring resulted in some challenging conditions around flowering .The season proceeded to dry out into December, with a dry and warm Christmas period. This exacerbated the already small bunch weights, leading to bunches that weighed up to 40% lower than average. The mild summer meant long, slow ripening and flavour concentration throughout summer. The strong canopies and low fruit load . The grapes came off the vine with lovely concentration and flavour and great natural acidity.