{"product_id":"2025-giant-steps-coal-river-pinot-noir","title":"2025 Giant Steps Coal River Pinot Noir","description":"\u003cp\u003eJust about as far south as you can go in Australian Pinot. Giant Steps' Coal River Valley release comes from the Nocton Vineyard in Tasmania - northeast-facing, on calcareous and Triassic sandstone soils, with long daylight hours that push the fruit into a completely different register to the Yarra releases. Darker, denser, more concentrated. Same grape, different planet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe fruit was handpicked and shipped across Bass Strait in refrigerated conditions, arriving at the winery in great shape. Cold soaked for three to four days in open oak vats, then into French oak - 21% new, the rest seasoned - for eight months. Bottled by gravity, no fining, no filtration.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the glass it's brooding and layered - dark cherry, blackberry, bramble, white and black pepper, with a distinctive mineral, ferrous thread that feels very much of its place. The tannins are compact and fine-grained, and while it's already expressive, this is a wine that will cellar very well for 6-10 years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA brilliant outlier in the Giant Steps range, and one of the more exciting Tasmanian Pinots being made right now.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e95+ points\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A little bit more structure, a little more bass and fruit-grunt perhaps, the same polish, the same excellence... Brilliant.\"\u003cbr\u003e- Campbell Mattinson (The Wine Front)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e95+ points\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Concentrated with dark cherry, blackberry, white and black pepper and a little crushed violet.\"\u003cbr\u003e- Philip Rich (Halliday Wine Companion)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8wWTC6WSVAc?si=yyz7E0kVzk2LS-K4\" title=\"YouTube video player\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2572\/9722\/files\/GiantstepsVineyardmap_PNG_1024x1024_3bc85611-5d0c-482e-8555-12f6a95f35c9.jpg?v=1754281827\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Giant Steps","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44894386028587,"sku":"2025 Giant Steps Coal River Pinot Noir","price":105.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2572\/9722\/files\/GiantStepsCoalRiverPinotNoir_abcd5f93-088a-4e8d-951b-a0507a611730.png?v=1787288498","url":"https:\/\/www.differentdrop.com\/products\/2025-giant-steps-coal-river-pinot-noir","provider":"Different Drop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}