Giant Steps Pinot Noir

At Giant Steps, hand pick 100% of our fruit and fastidiously hand sort in the vineyard. Pinot Noir has one of two processing pathways at Giant Steps - either fermented semi carbonic with whole bunch or destemmed and fermented with whole berries. Each parcel is then transferred by gravity to French oak barriques for malolactic fermentation and is kept on those lees for the duration of its maturation. The parcels are blended together in Spring before bottling in December. Parcels are matured in French oak (10% new, 90% older) for eight months. This wine is bottled by gravity without fining or filtration.