Giant Steps, Gladysdale Pinot Noir, Yarra Valley

Very deep and dark ruby red color with some translucency. Very sweet and heady nose with rich aromas of cooked strawberries, very ripe forest fruits, some cloudberry jam and a hint of cherry marmalade. The wine is rich, full-bodied and obviously very ripe on the palate with juicy and rather sweet-toned flavors of cherries and raspberry jam along with moderate sour cherry bitterness, tart lingonberry tones, some balancing peppery spice and a hint of tannic grit. The structure relies more …

Pinot Wars: Giant Steps vs. Rippon (The Flying Winemaker, Hong Kong) : My least favourite wine of the evening. However, it did have a beautiful perfume - cherry and maybe some floral notes (blossom of some kind?). However, on the palate, a little dull by comparison to those before and certainly not as much drive on the finish.

Pinot Wars: Giant Steps vs. Rippon (The Flying Winemaker, Hong Kong) : Darker and more substantial than the 2012 that it was served alongside. A warmer vintage. Plenty of spice to accompany the red fruit (Liquorice perhaps?).

Red/grey purple colour. Smoke, spice, dark cherry, plum, along with a hint of red fruits and chocolate. Intriguing and complex in a positive way - lots of secondary aromas and flavours going on. Lacks a bit of length and liveliness on the palate but that's being picky. Very good.

Great taste