Giant Steps Applejack Vineyard Pinot Noir 2017

Giant Steps Applejack Vineyard Pinot Noir 2017James Halliday Top 100 Wines of 2018 Giant Steps is recognized as a global benchmark for cool climate Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. The winery was established in 1998, one year after founder Phil Sexton arrived in the Yarra Valley in search of ideal sites to produce Chardonnay and Pinot Noir of purity and finesse. The Giant Steps Single Vineyard range is produced from the most site expressive fruit from the best vineyards in great years. "'I reckon a

which is for the best young red wine of show

"Cool climate Chardonnay characters prevail with grapefruit

Adrian's first foray with a Mediterranean variety

The wine is extremely elegant

"  David Jones

which is poisonous to all but indigenous animals

flinty minerality

they’re delicate and best drunk young

savoury and charmingly balanced finish

following Prue and Robin’s return from France

The grapes for the 2013 Sophia  were all destemmed and fermented with selected yeast in closed French oak cuves (nothing but the best) before being aged for 19 months in French barriques

is one of the country’s great wine producers