

Giant Steps Yarra Valley Syrah 2015
Style: Red Wine
Closure: Screwcap
Giant Steps Yarra Valley Syrah 2015
Camberwell
Burke Road
Camberwell VIC 3124
Australia
Critic Score: 97
Alcohol: 14.0%
Size: 750 ml
Drink by: 2040
Description
Giant Steps is recognized as a global benchmark for cool climate Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. They also make some very smart shiraz - the 2015 Giant Steps Yarra Valley Syrah being a case in point. The winery was established in 1998, one year after founder Phil Sexton arrived in the Yarra Valley in search of ideal sites to produce wines of purity and finesse.
"The 27yo vines are in full flower, this joining a distinguished band of Yarra Valley shirazes of the highest quality from vines planted in the '70s and '80s. It is full-bodied in the best sense, simply thanks to the intensity of the black fruit, spice, pepper and licorice symphony of flavours. I will have been gone for generations before this wine calls time." James Halliday
The Yarra Valley range is made from handpicked fruit from all of Giant Step's estate vineyards - Sexton, Applejack, Primavera, Swallowfield, Wombat Creek and Tarraford Vineyards. The wines are produced using indigenous yeasts, gravity-flow winemaking, and minimal fining and filtration. This approach produces highly expressive wines, true to the regional characteristics of the Yarra Valley.
The Yarra Valley Syrah comes from the Sexton and Tarraford Vineyards. The Syrah is predominantly the Red Dog 67 clone that was propagated from their original block 2 vines – that clone is unique to Tarraford and carries a special perfume. 95% whole bunch fermentation in a single 4000l open French oak vat, light plunging, matured in French puncheons (new and used) for 18 months; 300 dozen made.
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Victoria
Victoria is home to more than 800 wineries across 21 wine regions. The regions are Alpine Valley, Beechworth, Bendigo, Geelong, Gippsland, Glenrowan, Goulburn Valley, Grampians, Heathcote, Henty, King Valley, Macedon Ranges, Mornington Peninsula, Murray Darling, Pyrenees, Rutherglen, Strathbogie Ranges, Sunbury, Swan Hill, Upper Goulburn and Yarra Valley.
Victoria's first vines were planted at Yering in the Yarra Valley in 1838. By 1868 over 3,000 acres had been planted in Victoria, establishing Victoria as the premier wine State of the day. Today, the original vineyards planted at Best's Wines are among the oldest and rarest pre-phylloxera plantings in the world.
Victoria's climate varies from hot and dry in the north to cool in the south and each wine region specialises in different varietals. For example, Rutherglen in the north is famous for its opulent Muscats and Topaque and bold reds, while the many cooler climate regions near Melbourne produce world class Chardonnay and pinot Noir. Victoria is truly a wine lover's playground.