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Giant Steps Single Vineyard Wines Applejack Vineyard Pinot Noir 2020
Yarra Valley, Victoria, AustraliaI love this all-in lightly red coloured pinot noir with firm, spicy, savoury fruit. The flavours are a mix of ripe red berries, white pepper, with firm underlying earthy notes and medium fine tannins. There is a lovely balance, meaning you could drink it now or wait seven to ten more years. Impressive, to say the least. The 12.5 hectare Applejack Vineyard, planted in 1997, resides at 300 meters in the upper Yarra Valley. It is a dramatic slope with high-density plantings on underlying basalt-based volcanic soil and rock. This pinot is a mix of five clones that made their way through an up and down 2020 vintage that began with a frigid winter, a cool, wet spring, a dry and warm December a mild February/March. Low yields resulted in tighter, smaller bunches, the consequence of which is naturally high acidity and fresh flavours. The fruit is handpicked and chilled overnight to 12 degrees Celsius, and the indigenous yeast fermentation occurs in small oak fermenters and stainless steel open vats. All the blocks or parcels are matured in 225-litre French oak barriques that are 25 percent new, while the remainder is all used wood. It is finally racked to blend with no fining, no filtration and bottled by gravity.Tasted: 04 March 2022Tasted by: Anthony GismondiPrices:| BC | $55.99 | 750ml | select private retailers |
Grape: Pinot NoirCSPC: 89621UPC: 850023739070
