Giant Steps Sexton Pinot Noir 2021

A definite ‘wild’ edge to this wine, sometimes a characteristic reserved for describing good Burgundy. Wild raspberry, decomposing strawberry, a touch of burly power here below a pretty exterior and wiry tannin to close. A touch more robust than the other wines but all packaged up in a classy and elegant frame. This is sure to age well. - Ches Cook, FWC.

Sexton Vineyard is planted on shallow gray dirt over mudstone. The elevation is 220 meters and shows the magic of a warmer part of the Yarra in a relatively cool year. Plum skin, chinotto, fig, blueberries and exotic spices form the backdrop to the bright strawberry/cherry fruit. The 2021 Sexton Vineyard Pinot Noir is structurally quite different from the other vineyards, in that the tannins are more grainy and gravelly and provide more framework from which the fruit can hang. It is perhaps more obvious in its display of fruit and tannin, but with that comes a sonorous baritone of tannin and flavor. Impressive. Drink 2022-2032. 93+ Points. Erin Larkin, The Wine Advocate.