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    98 Points

    Giant Steps Applejack Vineyard Chardonnay 2024
    Giant Steps Applejack Vineyard Chardonnay 2024
    Giant Steps Applejack Vineyard Chardonnay 2024
    Giant Steps Applejack Vineyard Chardonnay 2024
    Giant Steps Applejack Vineyard Chardonnay 2024
    Giant Steps Applejack Vineyard Chardonnay 2024

    Giant Steps Applejack Vineyard Chardonnay 2024

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      Applejack stands among the most vital Chardonnays in Yarra’s single-vineyard portfolio. Planted by Ray Guerin in 1997 on volcanic soils at Gladysdale, this east-facing site rests at 220–320 metres elevation. Soils of grey clay loam over basalt base, combined with cooler ripening and precise canopy management, yield a wine that’s both savoury and taut, yet intensely focused.

      The 2024 vintage, made with 100% hand-harvested, whole-bunch pressed fruit that is wild-fermented in 500 L French oak puncheons, spent up to nine months on lees. This approach allows every nuance of the site to shine—there’s energy and clarity, not weight, and a tension that marks vintage character over winemaking artifice. 

      Applejack Chardonnay is immediate in energy yet built for several years of tracking, rooted in mineral vibrancy rather than flesh. It reveals itself quietly at first, then steadily grows in presence—an insider’s Chardonnay with line, detail and the promise of deeper rewards to come.

      Applejack stands among the most vital Chardonnays in Yarra’s single-vineyard portfolio. Planted by Ray Guerin in 1997 on volcanic soils at Gladysdale, this east-facing site rests at 220–320 metres elevation. Soils of grey clay loam over basalt base, combined with cooler ripening and precise canopy management, yield a wine that’s both savoury and taut, yet intensely focused.

      The 2024 vintage, made with 100% hand-harvested, whole-bunch pressed fruit that is wild-fermented in 500 L French oak puncheons, spent up to nine months on lees. This approach allows every nuance of the site to shine—there’s energy and clarity, not weight, and a tension that marks vintage character over winemaking artifice. 

      Applejack Chardonnay is immediate in energy yet built for several years of tracking, rooted in mineral vibrancy rather than flesh. It reveals itself quietly at first, then steadily grows in presence—an insider’s Chardonnay with line, detail and the promise of deeper rewards to come.

      Maker

      Giant Steps

      Varietal

      Chardonnay

      Country

      Australia

      Region

      Yarra Valley, Victoria

      Vintage

      2024

      ABV

      13.3%

      Bottle size

      750ml

      Trusted by the professionals

      Giant Steps Applejack Vineyard Chardonnay 2024

      Light bright yellow in the glass with creamy pastry, spiced nectarine and lemon aromas and flavours, the palate intense and compact, tightly focused and long, with pencilly/cedary and lemon butter flavours of great energy and vitality, lingering long on the aftertaste. Refreshing acidity. Superb now, even better with a bit more age on it.

      — Huon Hooke, The Real Review, White Wine of the Year Australia, 98 Points

      Applejack vineyard was planted at Gladysdale… bright green gold. A pure and gently reticent bouquet of stone fruits, lemon verbena and crushed rocks. The palate is tightly coiled, steely, saline and focused. A wine with excellent potential.

      — Philip Rich, James Halliday Wine Companion 2025

      This is a ripping chardonnay. It has fruit power up its sleeve and in its wrist bands and everywhere else. And yet it’s tight. And stony. Shot with white peach… sweet cedar, brine and the wet leaves of a lemon tree. There’s some dare to the acidity but it brings flavour with it… an advanced level wine.

      — Campbell Mattinson, The Wine Front

      Giant Steps

      Founded in 1997 by Phil Sexton, Giant Steps was born from a desire to craft cool-climate Pinot Noir and Chardonnay with clarity and site expression in the Yarra Valley. Sexton, already a pioneer in Margaret River, saw untapped potential in the steep slopes near Gruyere — now home to the iconic Sexton Vineyard. A jazz devotee, he named the winery after John Coltrane’s landmark album Giant Steps, a nod to the bold creative pursuit of something singular.

      Over the decades, Giant Steps has drawn some of the most respected names in Australian wine. Steve Flamsteed joined as winemaker in 2003, cementing a house style focused on precision and transparency across six distinct vineyard sites. In 2021, Melanie Chester stepped in as Head of Winemaking and Viticulture, bringing a deep respect for the estate’s history and a commitment to pushing its potential even further.

      Tasting notes

      NOSE
      Savoury & Precise

      Spiced nectarine, lemon rind, grilled nuts, and pencilly oak hints, carried by bright citrus energy 

      PALATE
      Focused & Electric

      Intensity and compact precision with lemon butter and refreshing acidity, sustained by tight drive and an undercurrent of salinity 

      FINISH
      Long & Mineral

      Lingering vitality, vivid and tensile—marked by cedar spice, creamy passage, and a saline, energised aftertaste