{"product_id":"2025-giant-steps-tarraford-vineyard-chardonnay","title":"2025 Giant Steps Tarraford Vineyard Chardonnay","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eTarraford is technically the lowest and warmest of the Giant Steps single vineyard sites, sitting at just 100 metres in a protected valley in Tarrawarra. But the Chardonnay blocks are planted on the coolest slopes, one south-facing and tucked into the central vale, the other catching the morning sun from the east. The microclimate is far cooler than the address suggests, and the wines reflect it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe 2025 season's wet winter and warm, dry spring set up a compact but high-quality harvest, and the site delivered accordingly. Handpicked and whole-bunch pressed, the juice went straight to barrel by gravity with full lees and no settling. Fermented in 500L French oak puncheons, with 18% malolactic fermentation and 21% matured in ceramic egg alongside seasoned oak. Thirty-one percent new oak in the final blend, nine months total. That combination of mlf, ceramic egg and a touch more new wood gives it a creaminess and mid-palate weight that sets it apart.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eGrapefruit, nectarine, pear, cedar and salted almonds, with white flowers, saline complexity and a bit more weight and creaminess than usual from that \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003ecombination of mlf, ceramic egg and a touch more new wood.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eA genuinely stylish Chardonnay and in Campbell Mattinson's words, \"a masterclass\". Hard to argue.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e95 points\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This is Tarraford in fine form. It has an inherent and up-front generosity but it’s oh so stylish from the mid-palate onwards.\"\u003cbr\u003e- Campbell Mattinson (The Wine Front)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e96 points\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Delicious straight out of the gate but structured enough to cellar for at least the next four to six years.\"\u003cbr\u003e- Philip Rich (Halliday Wine Companion)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8wWTC6WSVAc?si=yyz7E0kVzk2LS-K4\" title=\"YouTube video player\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2572\/9722\/files\/GiantstepsVineyardmap_PNG_1024x1024_3bc85611-5d0c-482e-8555-12f6a95f35c9.jpg?v=1754281827\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Giant Steps","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44894383996971,"sku":"2025 Giant Steps Tarraford Vineyard Chardonnay","price":95.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2572\/9722\/files\/GiantStepsTarrafordVineyardChardonnay_700x_79c40ffc-867c-47f1-8b26-1404abdd2c3a.png?v=1787288597","url":"https:\/\/www.differentdrop.com\/products\/2025-giant-steps-tarraford-vineyard-chardonnay","provider":"Different Drop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}