Marcus Chacos

9.8

The best Pinot we have had, though at this price range, we should need to have a second choice 😳🫣🤣 — 3 months ago

Bob McDonald

9.4

A wonderful Australian Chardonnay - see previous notes here. Applejack is usually my favourite Giant Steps Vineyard for Pinot Noir but with Chardonnay there are a couple of contenders - like Sexton Vineyard and this one. Great balance of stone fruit and absorbed toasty oak. Wine shows adroit winemaking skills - somewhat “worked “ and showing creamy Lees character. Have the last one in 2027 when 10 years old. Had my last bottle on 25th September 2025. Even better than before. 95 points. Vanillin oak notes to begin with before it blew off. Rich Stonefruit notes with a nice acid cut. — a year ago

Big Wave Dave

9.2

Beautiful pinot - all spice and pure strawberry fruit. Fresh. Not much in the way of structure, but really quaffable. Reminds me of Sexton Applejack in red fruit purity. Buy. — 5 years ago

Big Wave Dave

9.2

Darker and more brooding than Primavera. More structured. Plums, cherries, lilac and dried strawberries. Blood/iron notes. Classic — 6 years ago

Kurt Krueger

8.9

2013 opened in 2018. Nice bright fruit flavor, but not quite as smooth as I prefer — 8 years ago

Andrea Wilson @farmforthesoul

9.1

2014 was delicious. You all know I am a red wine drinker, but this one is a must in the summer heat and especially by the pool. Easy to drink, kick back and enjoy. Cheers! — 9 years ago

with Jeremy

Simon Haidamous

9.1

Deep cherry, light nose. — 10 years ago

Ali Copp

8.9

$10 TJ.
We both liked this one. Easy and smooth — 6 months ago

Peter van den Besselaar

8.9

NV | Irish whisky, triple distilled in copper stills, aged in oloroso sherry barrels | my night cap — 8 months ago

Bob McDonald

9.2

Brief notes. Another excellent example of Pinot Noir from the Applejack vineyard. Red fruited with strawberry and cherry. Definitely more fruit driven than the Wombat Creek which has more whole bunch in the ferment. The differences are more in wine making technique than in terroir I feel. Sexton possibly a bit of each. Had my last bottle on 6th September 2024. Applejack is definitely my favourite Giant Steps cuvee for Pinot Noir. The perfect balance of fruit, Sous Bois, acid and tannin. The 2023 just awarded Halliday’s Pinot Noir of the year for 2024. — 2 years ago

Eric Grasser

9.2

Classic RRV huge cherry perfume on the nose. Also vanilla from barrel. Follows with black cherry, licorice root and good acid (which I like). Some moist earth and tobacco leaf. Amazingly easy to drink — 5 years ago

Big Wave Dave

9.1

Between Applejack and Sexton, this displays strawberries all day, with twists of mushroom funk, sandalwood spice, and red cherries. Good — 7 years ago

Bob McDonald

9.1

Deep Crimson with reddish purple rim. Lovely complex perfume of Black Cherries Earth Stalks Twigs and Light Pepper from partial or full whole bunch ferment I suspect. Palate of cherries with earthy notes of Medium Intensity. This is their less expensive General Cuvée in contrast to their individual Vineyard Cuvees like Sexton Applejack Tarraford etc. From the much lauded 2015 vintage in the Yarra. 2015 seems to be one of those great world wide vintages like 1990. Great in most parts of Australia and New Zealand. Also in Bordeaux Burgundy and France generally it appears. Mediterranean countries. Not sure about North or South America? — 9 years ago

Marcus Chacos

9.0

A $40 a bottle, this Chardonnay, while exceptional, maybe a slight premium compared to some of the other amazing Chardonnays that we drink. It stands alone, it combines beautifully with food and while Giant Steps is one of our favourites, we still have to make a decision based on comparative taste to comparative spend. Without doing that comparative, it gets a 9, we just need to compare it for the price point to see if the nine rating stands up. — 8 months ago

Bob McDonald

9.1

See previous notes here in 2018 and 2019. An excellent Chardonnay but probably prefer the Applejack and Sexton Vineyards for Chardonnay. — 2 years ago

Laura Purdy

9.4

This is the Pratt Vineyard-Sexton Road — 3 years ago

Big Wave Dave

9.2

Very good p/q. Reminds me of Giant Steps Applejack/Sexton. Clean red fruit, lavender, with a deeper spice note. There is Gibbston/Otago deep spice, then you get pure red strawberry. No discernible tannin, and acid is subdued, but at this pricepoint this is a buy. — 5 years ago

Uli Klumpp

9.2

Phenomenal, really nice expression of Sebastopol Hills and its higher elevation subtlety. Dark fruit, spices, good structure based on smooth tannins and solid acidity. — 6 years ago

Scott Rowe

9.3

All 3 single sites are treated exactly the same to show off the difference in terroir across the valley. All 3 wines are exquisite but the Wombat Creek took 1st place for me.
People will argue for Sexton or Applejack and they are 100% correct! — 8 years ago

Evan Bienstock

9.2

Beautiful wine with amazing soft and complex fruit. 2007 vintage is perfect now. Decanted 1 hr. — 10 years ago