Chardonnay, 2025

Yarra Chardonnay with more grip and texture than the lean, bright style the valley is known for, made by two old Giant Steps hands.

Salo is the one wine Steve Flamsteed and Dave Mackintosh make together, a side project since 2008 from two winemakers who met at Giant Steps. The fruit comes from Simon Harte's Full Moon Vineyard, high in the cool, wet hills at Gladysdale in the Upper Yarra, on red-brown volcanic soil. Whole bunches are pressed, wild-fermented with all their solids in seasoned puncheons, and left unstirred, unfined and unfiltered. Citrus and stone fruit with a briny edge.