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Giant Steps 'Primavera' Pinot Noir 2025
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- TASTING NOTE: "From Lou Primavera's '01-planted vineyard at 300m on red volcanic soils in Woori Yallock. A deep, bright crimson. A more concentrated and brooding Primavera. Aromas of damson plum, dark raspberry, lightly crushed violets and star anise. It's concentrated on the palate, too, with persistent and textured tannins that'll ensure this ages slowly and gracefully over a decade or more. Different from but equally as good as the Bastard Hill, which shares the same soil but is at higher elevation." 97+ Points - Philip Rich, Halliday
- ABOUT THE WINE: Location: Woori Yallock. Planted: 2001. Elevation: 240 metres. Soil type: Red clay loam. Aspect: North and north-east facing slopes. Size: 12 Hectares. 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. This vineyard always produced our most floral, red fruited and fragrant Pinot Noir, with a sweetness and softness. Handpicked, fermented in a combination of small oak fermenters and stainless-steel open vats. Each clone was fermented and matured separately. The 115 was fermented with 100% whole bunches while the MV6 and G clone were 100% destemmed. The destemmed batches a 4-day cold soak before the start of fermentation. The ferments spent between 18 days on skins, with gentle mixing throughout that time using gravity. The resulting blend is 16% whole bunch fermented. All parcels completed malolactic fermentation and were then matured in French oak Barriques (225L) – 18% new, 82% seasoned – for nine months. The wine matured in oak and kept in contact with its lees before blending in November. Bottled by gravity. No fining. No filtration.
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ABOUT THE PRODUCER: Giant Steps was founded by wine industry pioneer Phil Sexton, who ventured from Margaret River to Yarra Valley to find the ideal site to cultivate Chardonnay and Pinot Noir of purity and finesse. Phil found his holy grail near Gruyere in the Sexton vineyard, which he planted in 1997 on the steep slopes of the Warramate Ranges. A mad jazz fan, Phil named the winery after John Coltrane’s album and fitting metaphor “Giant Steps.” In 2003, Winemaker Steve Flamsteed came aboard, and the two set about producing a range of iconic Pinot Noirs and Chardonnays that express a profound sense of place from six finite sites in Yarra Valley. For Melanie Chester, who became Head of Winemaking and Viticulture at Giant Steps in 2021, this long-held admiration for the winery comes with an intrinsic pressure to honour the expressions and diversity of its single sites. This means keeping the winemaking tight and transparent, so that diversity of site is what you taste. For more than 20 years, Giant Steps has been advancing Australia’s reputation for cool-climate Chardonnay and Pinot Noir.
- COUNTRY: Australia
- REGION: Yarra Valley, Victoria
- VARIETAL: Pinot Noir
- WINE STYLE: Red Wine
- WINEMAKER: Melanie Chester
- CLASSIFICATION: Minimal Intervention, Sustainable Farming, Vegan
- CLOSURE: Screwcap
- ABV%: 14%
- SIZE: 750ml
