Description / Reviews
"Three separate ferments were included in the final blend, each ferment was destemmed and cold soaked for 4 days before fermentation began. Soft extraction techniques were used for the early stages of fermentation to maintain whole berries before more aggressive techniques (plunging) were utilised towards the end of fermentation to increase tannin extraction. Each component completed malolactic fermentation and was maturated in small format (225lt) French oak barrels for 10 months before being blended and returned to seasoned puncheons for an additional 5 months to integrate before being bottled by gravity." - Winemaker Notes
"While Giant Steps' enviable reputation was built on the back of its single-vineyard pinots, that didn't stop it from taking out trophies for best shiraz and cabernet at the 2023 Yarra Valley Wine Show. A medium deep, bright crimson-purple, this elegant and concentrated wine has aromas of dark cherries, blackcurrant, ugni, cedar from the impeccably handled oak, and violets. The palate is medium bodied and perfectly pitched. This is another superb Yarra cabernet that dispels the notion that you'll have to cellar it for ages to enjoy." - 97 Points, Philip Rich, Halliday Wine Companion
"Deep red-purple colour with a bouquet of lovely ripe cabernet fruit in the blackberry/cassis spectrum, the palate full bodied and ripely rich, with outstanding depth of fruit backed by stylish and sympathetic oak, the palate flavours profound and sweet-fruited, the fruit swaddled in fine-grained, powdery but appropriately assertive tannins, the whole entity lingering long on ther after-palate. An outstanding cabernet." - 96 Points, Huon Hooke, The Real Review
