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Giant Steps Bastard Hill Chardonnay
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Bastard Hill, one of the Yarra’s highest vineyards (400m), was planted in 1986 by Ray Guerin on steep, volcanic red loam. This elevated site produces concentrated, pure wines with natural tension, tight structure, and mineral drive. The 2024 season delivered small, intensely flavoured bunches, resulting in a wine of balance, precision, and age-worthiness.
I loved the 2023 release but this 2024 version is dramatically different and, yet still, dramatically good. The 2023 release was piercing but there’s a delicacy to this wine. Bacon, wax, oyster shell, white peach and salted citrus, with almond paste as the lightest of infusions. This is such a complete wine. If you thought that Bastard Hill was exciting as a concept, this is Bastard Hill as exciting in the glass. It’s the elegance of Australian chardonnay at a high point. It has the flavour and the texture and the focus and all those things. But it’s a wine with a vibe and a lilt and a loveliness that runs the length of it.” 96+ Points - Campbell Mattinson, The Wine Front
A 11.5ha vineyard planted in ‘87 in Gladysdale at 400m with roughly 60% planted to chardonnay. Precise and mineral driven, with aromas of just-ripened orchard fruits, lemon zest and a touch of struck match. A slow but steady burn on the very persistent palate, culminating in a long, structured and saline finish. This will age slowly but surely over the next decade. There only 200 dozen made in 2024, illustrating the lengths that Giant Steps are taking to protect the brand. 97 Points - Philip Rich, Halliday Wine Companion
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