Giant Steps Primavera Pinot Noir 2022

Hand picked, all fruit is chilled overnight to 12 degrees Celsius. Fermented in small oak fermenters and stainless steel open vats. The fruit was sorted to create individual, clonal ferments.

The 115 was fermented as whole bunches in a seasoned oak vat, while the MV6 and G clone were fermented as whole berries with an extended cold soak. The ferment spent around 10 – 14 days on skins, with gentle mixing throughout that time using gravity. All parcels were matured in French oak – 20% new, 80% older – for ten months in 225L barriques and D&J.

The wine was not moved and kept in contact with its lees before blending in December. Bottled by gravity with no fining or filtration.