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Giant Steps Applejack Vineyard Pinot Noir 2023 x 1 Bottle Pinot Noir Of The Year 2025, Halliday Wine Companion  98 PTS, Philip Rich,Halliday Wine Companion  " Pinot Noir of the Year. Named after the Applejack eucalypts that surround the vineyard, which was planted at...

Silky and ethereal with beautiful shape, flow and balance. There is great purity and elegance in the delicate, red and black berry fruits that are supported by florals and briar spice. The finish is long and memorable.

These slowly-ripened grapes develop pure fruit flavours, fresh natural acidi ty and are perfect for making world class cool-climate wines.

The glowing acidity is in perfect harmony with the supple texture creating a persistent and dynamic flow that gives the sensation of wine dancing in the glass.

The wine then moves into a dense richly textured mouthfeel. Elegance, finesse abound holding the wine into a tightly knit package whilst will drink superbly in its youth will also reward those who choose to cellar the wine.

Perfumed floral notes abound amongst a background of dark fruits, Indian spice and a savoury earthiness.

Lifted aroma of dewy rose petal, sour cherry, pomegranate, raspberry and ripe red berry fruits, exotic spices with a subtle gamey truffle finish. Pure, focused and precise with great length, texture and persistence.

The wine then moves into a dense richly textured mouthfeel. Elegance, finesse abound holding the wine into a tightly knit package whilst will drink superbly in its youth will also reward those who choose to cellar the wine.

There is a wonderful finesse, layers of interest, and finely held textural tannins extending through the long palate. A wine with vibrant focus, intensity and drive.

Great concentration of flavours and natural tannin structure.After discovering 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 for some years. Testament to the increasing quality of this site, we are now producing a single vineyard Pinot Noir from Primavera.

The basalt based underlying volcanic soil and rock produce a characteristically fine yet extended, spicy and firm palate.

The palate is a juxtaposition of vibrant red berry fruits and finely structured tannins building towards a generously velvety core of cherry and spice balanced by precise seam of acidity that draws the palate out to a long lingering finish.

Low yields, gently plunged twice a day, touch of whole bunch, 12 months in oak – red and blue fruits, hint of earthiness, graphite-like tannin

The glowing acidity is in perfect harmony with the supple texture creating a persistent and dynamic flow that gives the sensation of wine dancing in the glass.

The flavours mirror the aromas with bright fruit, a savoury edge and delicious floral notes. Immediately fresh, the silky textured palate builds in the mouth and crescendos with a memorable, lingering finish.

The palate is equally complex with layers of dark fruit, spice and umami that are woven together by a fresh vein of acidity. The texture is rich and mouth-filling with silky, fine tannins that build in the mouth giving a long, memorable finish.

The balance on the palate with fine acidity and tannins gives the wine a distinctive line and length of flavour.

Great concentration of flavours and natural tannin structure.

These slowly-ripened grapes develop pure fruit flavours, fresh natural acidi ty and are perfect for making world class cool-climate wines.

Concentrated and elegant with red and dark fruit, spectacular baking spices combined with smoky oak and the signature integrated tannin structure.