Giant Steps, 'Fatal Shore' Pinot Noir
Country: Australia Region: Tasmania
Varietal: Pinot Noir Vintage: 2021
Category: Red Wine Style: Dry
Producer: Giant Steps
"Giant Steps is a privately owned Yarra Valley producer that has forged a reputation for making some of the Yarra Valley's most consistently exciting wines from estate-owned vineyards. The Giant Steps Single Vineyard wines are produced from their best vineyards in great years. Head winemaker Steve Flamsteed and his team aim is to express in each wine the character of the site, grape and vintage, and this they achieve by meticulous work in the vineyard and minimum intervention in the winery.
Giant Steps may be a Yarra Valley icon, but it’s also been known to spread its wings before. This particular foray is into the hallowed pinot noir territory of Tasmania, with an expression from the Coal River Valley that is redolent with ripe wild berries and violets dusted with baking spices that front a palate of silky plushness and sneakily assertive tannins.
Product Features: Sustainable; Vegan; Vegetarian
Product Allergens: Sulphites Label
Winemaker: Steve Flamsteed & Julian Grounds
Vinification:
"In our obsession with Single Vineyard Pinot Noirs from great Pinot growing areas around the world, we have gone as far south (and as cold) 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."
Tasting Notes:
The Nocton Vineyard was planted in 1999, and while it is decidedly cool climate territory, the abundant sunshine always allows for a full fruit expression, which is what is on display here with both red and black fruits, violets, brown cardamom, vanilla and five spice. The palate is equally expressive, with an almost lush feel, silky and supple but corralled by fine but assertively focused tannins, with pithy plum skin grip. This is an interesting contrast to their Yarra offerings, which lean more on red fruits and finer profiles.
Food Suggestion: Enjoy with grilled pork loin or pan fried salmon.
Closure: Stelvin ABV:13.5%
