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Giant Steps Pinot Noir 2023
Yarra Valley, Victoria, AustraliaThe highly decorated 2023 estate pinot springs from a mix of vineyards: Sexton, Applejack, Primavera, and Tarraford. The 2023 growing season was magic in the Yarra and is easily among the best for pinot in the last decades. The fruit is hand picked, chilled, and cold soaked for four days before it warms to a wild ferment in small vessels, both stainless steel and open oak vats. About 35% of the fruit goes in the whole bunch, and it is all matured in French oak, 10% new, for eight months in a mix of 225 litre barriques and 4000 litre oak vats. The small but exceptional '23 harvest yielded a wine rife with raspberry aromas and black cherry, spiced with wild herbs and a world of florality. Fresh, silky, and juicy, it's hard to put your glass down, delicious in style and flavour. Some inspired food matches from the winery include turmeric and garlic roasted chicken with couscous; mushroom risotto with roasted enoki; and barbecue quail with five spice, fried spring onion, and garlic flakes.Tasted: 05 November 2025Tasted by: Anthony GismondiPrices:| BC | $54.99 | 750ml | select private retailers |
| AB | $44.00 | 750ml | select private retailers |
| MB | $59.00 | 750ml | select private retailers |
Grape: Pinot NoirCSPC: 89613UPC: 850023739018
