Ranked #4 of 74 2024 Pinot Noir from Coal River Valley
96/100
5 Stars
Huon Hooke
Deep purple-red colour, a bold and youthful appearance. Dark cherry and liqueur cherry aromas galore; a massive, succulently sweet-fruited palate with super-impressive flavour and plushness, moving into a long palate with just enough tannin to give it structure and rein in that exuberant fruitiness. Stunning pinot noir.
Tasted: 21/12/2025
Drink: 2026 to 2039
95 Points Misc
Giant Steps’ Coal River Valley Pinot Noir is from the Nocton vineyard, planted in 1999. I tasted this beside the Giant Steps Yarra Valley wines and my first words were: “Less floral, more fruit.” This brings the polish, the flavour, the seduction. It offers the freshest of red and black cherries with woodsmoke and cedar running through, a touch of mint maybe, semblances of undergrowth, gorgeous length, the tannin almost seeming to blossom itself. Beautiful wine. Complete.
Campbell Mattinson - The Wine Front.