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Giant Steps Single Vineyard Wines Primavera Vineyard Pinot Noir 2020
Yarra Valley, Victoria, AustraliaAs intense as this wine is, it remains the most refined and delicate version of pinot noir from Giant Steps. Expect an exuberant cherry nose and palate with juicy airy pinot fruit full of spice and floral notes. It seems like it melts in your mouth until it persists for minutes on the palate. Showy, complex and brooding, it has it all. Cellar for five to seven years for maximum benefit. Every block purchased from the 12-hectare Primavera Vineyard, planted in 2001, made it into the 2020 blend. High praise for the 230 metres high Yarra Valley site that sits over red volcanic soil. Only two clones, the MV6 fermented as 100% whole bunch and the G clone destemmed and cold-soaked five days, were wild ferment. The up and down season produced a small crop of intense fruit processed in small oak fermenters and matured in 225-litre French oak barriques (25 percent new), while the remainder was all used wood. All the barrels are racked to blend with no fining, no filtration and bottled by gravity.Tasted: 04 March 2022Tasted by: Anthony GismondiPrices:| BC | $59.99 | 750ml | select private retailers |
Grape: Pinot NoirCSPC: 531569UPC: 9351105000305
