Giant Steps Coal River Valley Pinot Noir 2023

Full ruby colour with purple glints at the rim. Full aromatic lift of raspberry, black cherry and vanilla beans. Palate is full of intense black and red berry fruits with hints of dried herbs, forest floor and vanilla adding layers and character. Tannins work quietly in the background in harmony with a fine acid line, lifting and driving the palate very long and finishing with a flurry of complexity and character.

95 Points - Wine Front

There's a flashiness to the fruit, the oak and also if this is possible - the tannin here. Every component just seems to spread and run like atoms in a cartoon. It's a foresty wine with smoky oak, nail polish, bush spices and purple flower characters on exuberant show. There's some volume to the fruit in this wine, and a volume to the tannin too, though there's no hardness or excessive dryness. Wild in a controlled way, you'd call it. It's also expansive, and that's what makes the quality feel so high.