Giaconda Estate Vineyard Beechworth Giaconda Chardonnay 2018

Reductive flint and gunsmoke continues to cling on to the opening at six years old, while the palate is also gaining oyster shell salinity as it ages. Highlights include citrus, white peach, lemongrass and mango, and the whole thing seems to gain in freshness and structure with a good 15 minutes in the glass, suggesting it will benefit from a short carafe before drinking, and that it is far from at is peak. Touch of smoked butterscotch on the finish. Unfiltered and unfined, 30% new oak.