Description
Giant Steps have been in incredible form over the last few years, elevating their already benchmark wines to a new stratosphere. This incredible run was capped off by being named the 2025 Halliday Wine Companion Winery of the Year.
This tasting pack gives you a look at their best value wines - including the highly-rated Yarra Valley Chardonnay & Pinot Noir.
- 2023 Giant Steps Yarra Valley Chardonnay
- 2023 Giant Steps Yarra Valley Rose
- 2023 Giant Steps Yarra Valley Pinot Noir
- 2023 Giant Steps Yarra Valley LDR
- 2020 Giant Steps Yarra Valley Syrah Carignan Grenache
2023 Giant Steps Yarra Valley Chardonnay
The Giant Steps Yarra Valley Chardonnay is a blend of five of the key Giant Steps owned/managed vineyards, Sexton, Gruyere Farm, Tarraford, Applejack, Wombat Creek Vineyards, designed for earlier approachability without comprising quality. In essence, it's a snapshot of the Yarra Valley vintage.
Head Winemaker Mel Chester crafts this in a similar style to her predecessor Steve Flamsteed, with all fruit hand-picked and whole-bunch pressed. The juice ferments naturally in 500L French oak puncheons (15% new) using indigenous yeast, a small portion undergoes malolactic fermentation, but freshness and purity are the main focus of this cuvee every year.
The 2023 vintage was marked by a cool, slow ripening season, resulting in concentrated flavours and bright acidity. It's a tightly wound release that drinks beautifully now but should be one of the better vintages of this wine to cellar in some years.
It's sleek and elegant with the excellent length and finesse that has become synonymous with the Yarra and this variety. It's the perfect introduction to Giant Steps, to the Yarra Valley and to cool-climate Chardonnay. A no-brainer and one of our all-time most popular Chardonnays at Different Drop.
95 points
"Intoxicating acidity and a kefir creaminess on the finish. A spray of saline and oak appears in its round shapes rather than toasty notes. Alive with energy and creeping unsuspecting power."
- Shanteh Wale (Wine Pilot)
95 points
"Packs a punch on the saline, gently textured, gently chewy palate. Great stuff and the perfect entrée to the year's superb lineup of single-vineyard chardonnays."
- Philip Rich (Halliday Wine Companion)
2023 Giant Steps Yarra Valley Rose
This is a delightful rose crafted by the incredibly talented team at Giant Steps.
It's crafted from a blend of Pinot Noir and Syrah from the Sexton and Tarraford Vineyards. As with everything that Flamsteed and co. do, there's no expense spared in the winemaking process. Attention to detail at every point.
It's a dry, yet flavoursome style which sits pretty as a picture in the glass. This is one of the best rose wines kicking around the Yarra Valley at present.
It will be a very good companion for those long Summer afternoons.
2023 Giant Steps Yarra Valley Pinot Noir
The Yarra Valley Pinot Noir is the perpetually excellent entry point to Mel Chester's highly acclaimed Giant Steps range.
This is a superb entry point into the world of premium Yarra Pinot Noir, with fruit sourced from the Sexton, Applejack, Tarraford and Primavera vineyards. It's made with around 40% whole bunches and meticulous attention to detail, for which Chester has become renowned. Unfined and unfiltered, too.
Aromatic red fruits, good refreshing mid-palate and a light, earthy grip on the finish.
If you want to get familiar with this stellar Yarra Valley producer, this is the best place to start.
96 points
"A bright crimson red. After a few good few swirls, aromas of ripe raspberries, black cherries, wild herbs and some crushed violets soon emerge. The palate, though, doesn't need much coaxing, and this silken, sappy wine has excellent depth and persistence."
- Philip Rich (Halliday Wine Companion)
2023 Giant Steps Yarra Valley LDR
The LDR (Light Dry Red) is a lip-smacking blend of Pinot Noir and Syrah, with fruit from Giant Step's Sexton home block on the Valley floor and the notable Tarraford vineyard.
It's slinky, seductive, and incredibly easy to drink.
If you love this uniquely Australian blend, with all the history and nostalgia that Pinot/Shiraz conjure up for Australian wine lovers, this is a beautiful modern rendition which should absolutely be on your hit list.
2020 Giant Steps Yarra Valley Syrah Carignan Grenache
There is plenty of Shiraz in the Yarra Valley but not too much Grenache and Carignan, two other popular varieties that often feature in Mediterranean red blends.
Giant Steps do have a little of all three of these varieties planted on their Sexton and Tarraford vineyards, and they lend this mid-weight, early-drinking red some real spiciness and herbal interest. Last years debut vintage picked up some huge accolades and we think this is another superb release.
It's both superbly lithe and eminently drinkable, this would be excellent value house red fit for all occasions.
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