Giant Steps 'Primavera Vineyard' Pinot Noir 2018, Yarra Valley, VIC

This has so much personality. A wonderful thing this. The standout from the 2018 releases though likely will ‘stick out’ for some people. That’s wine, sometimes, or a lot.

Pale garnet colour. Light, delicate but defined perfume of pomegranate juice, green herbs, white pepper, faint game meat. Lovely. Swishes through the mouth with supple sour cherry, game meat, a lick of dark chocolate and tannins of fine, powdered chocolate, finishes with an earthy-amaro-like botanical lick. Geez, I like this. Plenty of personality, high drinkability, electric acidity, pretty flavour and freshness in spades. Delicious drinking, charismatic, exotic. Love it.

Mike Benny

Rated : 95 Points