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Giant Steps Applejack Pinot Noir
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Applejack is one of Australia’s great Pinot Noir sites, perched high in Gladysdale on east-facing basalt soils. Known for its precision and elegance, it consistently produces finely detailed wines. In 2024, a short season and early harvest delivered pristine fruit, with the vineyard’s cool elevation ensuring trademark tension, clarity, and perfume.
I've long considered the Applejack vineyard to be one of the greatest sites for pinot in Australia. Philip Rich
This release of Applejack Pinot Noir is so inherently autumnal. I picked up the glass, took one sniff and sip, and thought: hello. The smoked herbs, the leaves, the walk through a misty-smoky field of red cherry and plum. The palate puts its foot down, upping the presence, and then fanning out through the finish. It’s a wine of extreme length but it’s the feels, the fleshes and the nuances that motor the enchantment. 96+ Points - Campbell Mattinson, The Wine Front
From the Applejack vineyard, planted on grey clay soils at 300m in Gladysdale in '97 by Ray Guerin. 40% whole bunches and 40% less wine in '24. Darkly fruited and more intense than the '23 with aromas of wild blackberry, raspberry, briar, and just a hint of sous bois. On the palate, this is as concentrated and mouth-filling as the bouquet suggests it will be, culminating with succulent, grippy tannins on the long, tapering finish. It's a touch more 'sauvage' and a little less floral than normal but, even in this warmer vintage, one of Australia's most celebrated pinot noirs is in impressive form. 98 Points - Philip Rich, Halliday Wine Companion
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