2024 Giant Steps Bastard Hill Vineyard Pinot Noir

97 POINTS

Campbell Mattinson - The Wine Front

The 2024 vintage of Giant Steps single vineyard wines is formally released on August 11, 2025. This 2024 release is from both the north and south slopes of the vineyard; 2023 was from the north side of the vineyard only. This year it cropped at 1.8 tonne per hectare. This is pretty as a picture. Blue and red berries, slips of spice, smoked cedar tucked in; it’s Pinot Noir in naked form, the bones clear but so too the flesh. This result is exquisite. It glides slowly through the start and then gradually, like a river through the rapids, increases its speed to the rush of an exaggeratedly long finish. This Pinot Noir is minerally, almost gravelly. It has flesh and perfume. It delves into secret herbs and spices territory. It’s a wine in perfect form. The tautness, the perfume, the flesh; everything is elite.

96 POINTS

Philip Rich - Halliday Wine Companion

No whole bunches and only MV6 from a south-facing slope at 400m, which has worked well in this warm year. A touch closed, this didn't need too long to open up, revealing a complex array of aromas including pure red cherry, sarsaparilla and spices such as clove and cardamom. Tightly wound, this is driven as much by the wine's very bright acidity as its superfine tannins. Give this some air and drink now or watch it slowly unfurl over time.

96 POINTS

James Suckling

Fine-boned and perfumed, with aromas of dried strawberries, macerated red cherries, iron, graphite, crushed stones and fresh flowers. The palate is medium-bodied with fine-grained tannins and bright acidity, tied together by a mineral edge. Chiseled and focused, with a floral lift.

94 POINTS

Erin Larkin - Robert Parker Wine Advocate

The 2024 Bastard Hill Pinot Noir leads with strawberry compote and sumac, star anise and ground peppercorns. The texture here is silky, almost creamy, while the fruit profile—tannins aside—feels distinctly delicate, diaphanous and fine. This is almost lacy, in its way. It conjures up musk sticks and dried flowers, pressed linen and summer breeze. It's a quiet wine, spicy and pretty. 13.3% alcohol, sealed under screw cap.