{"product_id":"2025-giant-steps-circle-of-fifths-pinot-noir","title":"2025 Giant Steps Circle of Fifths Pinot Noir","description":"\u003cp\u003eFollowing the successful debut in 2024, the \"Circle of Fifths\" returns to show exactly why Mel Chester and the Giant Steps team decided to create this super-blend. While the single-vineyard wines are pure, individual tones, this wine is the full chord - a blend of Applejack, Sexton, Tarraford, Primavera, and Bastard Hill. It captures the best of the Yarra Valley by finding harmony between the different altitudes and soil types of these iconic sites.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 2025 season kicked off with plenty of winter rain, providing a buffer for a warm, dry summer. The result was an earlier-than-usual harvest, but the fruit arrived in pristine condition with great flavour depth and naturally vibrant acidity. The winemaking is all about gentle extraction, using roughly 20% whole-bunch parcels to add a spicy, floral lift, while 22% new French oak provides a polished structural frame.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt’s a seamless jam session of red berries and savoury spice. It’s got the perfume and elegance you expect from Giant Steps, but with a completeness that comes from blending five distinct \"voices\" into one. It’s an effortless, sophisticated Pinot that’s ready to drink now but has more than enough substance to evolve beautifully over the next few years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e96+ points\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A medium, bright crimson red. A beautifully fragrant wine with its aromas of perfectly ripened strawberry, black raspberry, rose, lavender and cinnamon stick. Unfurls on the medium-bodied, textured and mouth-filling palate. The tannins are succulent and you barely notice the whole bunches. A step up on last year's Circle of Fifths and a wine that will still be looking good a decade from now.\"\u003cbr\u003e- Philip Rich (Halliday Wine Companion)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e","brand":"Giant Steps","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44052456112171,"sku":"2025 Giant Steps Circle of Fifths Pinot Noir","price":54.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2572\/9722\/files\/2024GiantStepsCircleofFifthsPinotNoir.png?v=1748572218","url":"https:\/\/www.differentdrop.com\/products\/2025-giant-steps-circle-of-fifths-pinot-noir","provider":"Different Drop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}