Giant Steps Coal River Pinot Noir 2024 13.2% 750ml

Giant Steps Coal River Pinot Noir 2024 13.2% 750ml

TASTING NOTES

PALATE

The Pinot Noir from Nocton vineyard have amazing density and texture, with powerful weight and concentration.

REGION NOTES

In our obsession with Single Vineyard Pinot Noirs from great Pinot growing areas around the world, we have gone as far south as you can go in this country. Despite the cool temperatures, the sunlight hours are long and intense, and we are intrigued by the depth of palate and colour that is possible from this landscape. While it is made with the Giant Steps gentle winemaking approach, the result is clearly a world apart in terroir.

WINEMAKERS COMMENTS

In our obsession with Single Vineyard Pinot Noirs from great Pinot growing areas around the world, we have gone as far south as you can go in this country. Despite the cool temperatures, the sunlight hours are long and intense, and we are intrigued by the depth of palate and colour that is possible from this landscape. While it is made with the Giant Steps gentle winemaking approach, the result is clearly a world apart in terroir.

CELLARING POTENTIAL

Now-8 years.

VINIFICATION

Handpicked, straight into a refrigerated container parked on the vineyard. The fruit is then immediately driven to Devonport and sailed across Bass Strait to arrive at the winery the following morning. Fruit was destemmed and cold soaked for three – four days in open oak vats and open stainless-steel fermenters. The MV6 (from the rockiest soils at the top of the hill) was fermented as partial whole bunches in an oak fermenter.

VINTAGE NOTES

The 2024 season in Tasmania started cold and wet building a solid foundation with strong, healthy and generous bunch numbers. Plant growth was slow due to the cool conditions all the way up until just prior to flowering, when some well-timed heat spurred the vines along. Flowering was late, but consistent. Lots of shoot and crop thinning was done throughout the season, as well as some extensive leaf plucking due to the cool conditions. It was a very mild summer with only a few days reaching over 30 degrees Celsius experienced at the vineyard, which meant a long and slow ripening. The grapes were picked late for our vineyard, coming into the winery late April.

ABOUT THIS PRODUCT

Country: Australia

Region: Yarra Valley

Vintage: 2024

Variety: Pinot Noir

alcohol volume: 13.2

closure: Screwcap

volume: 750

weight: 1.667kg

wine style: Red (Light Medium Bodied)