Giant Steps Pinot Noir Yarra Valley 2003
Red
Yarra Valley, Australia
6.3
WineSaint
Forest floor and wild mushroom aromas give way to tart redcurrant and strawberry on the palate. The fruit feels sharp and angular, struggling against heavy-handed oak that brings roasted coffee and char. Everything pulls in different directions. The earthy notes, the high-pitched fruit, the aggressive oak treatment. A disjointed effort that never finds its balance.
forest floorredcurrantroasted coffeewild mushroom
Label
Giant Steps
→Giant Steps is one of the Yarra Valley's benchmark chardonnay producers, working a range of single-vineyard sites across the appellation to make wines of precision and site distinction rather than a house style imposed from above.