Personalised Giant Steps Primavera Vineyard Pinot Noir 2023 13.5% 750ML

Personalised Giant Steps Primavera Vineyard Pinot Noir 2023 13.5% 750ML

DESCRIPTION
COUNTRY: Australia
REGION: Yarra Valley
VARIETY: Pinot Noir
ALCOHOL VOL.: 13.5
VINTAGE: 2023
CLOSURE: Screwcap
VOLUME: 750

TASTING NOTES

AROMA
This vineyard always produced our most floral, red fruited and fragrant Pinot Noir.

PALATE
Sweetness and softness.

REGION NOTES
After discovering the Yarra Valley wines 25 years ago, Lou Primavera planted this vineyard in Hoddles Creek in 2001. We have a long-standing relationship with the Primavera family, having sourced fruit from the vineyard from 2006. This small vineyard has Pinot planted on two slopes of the gully right at the start of the Lone Star Creek – with MV6 planted on north slope and 115 and G-clone on south slope.

CELLARING POTENTIAL
Now - eight years.

VINIFICATION
Handpicked, fermented in a combination of small oak fermenters and stainless-steel open vats. Each clone was fermented and matured separately and is either fermented with 100% whole bunches included or 100% Destemmed. The MV6 was fermented as whole bunches in a seasoned oak vat, while the 115 and G clone were fermented as whole berries with a 4-day cold soak before the start of fermentation. The ferments spent between 10 – 14 days on skins, with gentle mixing throughout that time using gravity. The resulting blend is 15% Whole bunch fermented. All parcels completed malolactic fermentation and were then matured in French oak Barriques (225L) – 20% new, 80% seasoned – for nine months. The wine was not moved and kept in contact with its lees before blending in November. Bottled by gravity. No fining. No filtration.

GIANT STEPS WINERY
Yarra Valley based vigneron, Phil Sexton lives with his family in the middle of their 32 hectare vineyard established on the high north face of the Warramate Ranges in the dress circle of the Yarra Valley.

Specialising in Chardonnay and Pinot Noir, Giant Steps explore site, micro climatic and clonal differences between several specialized vineyards in the Yarra Valley including their own multi-clonal vineyard and the highly regarded Tarraford vineyard. Focused intently upon reflecting the individual and unique characteristics of each single vineyard, Giant Steps adopts a minimalist approach to winemaking including, whenever possible, vinification using indigenous yeasts and gravity flow transfers.

95 Points

Perfumed aromas of wild raspberries, Asian spices, dried herbs and potpourri. The palate is medium-bodied with finely integrated tannins and bright acidity, giving notes of strawberries, citrus peel and graphite. Very pure and refined with an aromatic lift.

James Suckling - jamessuckling.com, 05 December 2024