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2018 Giant Steps Pinot Noir Tosq Vineyard
Pinot Noir
- New Zealand
- South Island
- Otago
- Central Otago
Label borrowed from 2017
Community Tasting Notes 12
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cerobo Likes this wine: 91 points
January 14, 2023 - This is starting to soften out and improve. Early bottles were a bit green and stalky. Wine is fleshing out nicely. No hurry to drink to remainder in my cellar.
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colinscellar Likes this wine: 91 points
December 26, 2022 - Significantly better than previous bottle, a good decant likely helped.
Ripe cherry and raspberry but with nice fresh tartness. Firms tannins give good texture. Good stuff this time. -
colinscellar wrote: 88 points
August 6, 2022 - Slightly stewed cherry and raspberry; acid a touch sharp but tannins smooth. OK but nothing special.
Tasted next to the '18 Giant Steps Primavera and the TOSQ was looking a little overripe and a bit simple; Primavera definitely the better wine. -
red.red.vino wrote: 90 points
April 18, 2022 - Almost a pop n pour… Dark red cherries prominent, savouriness, slight dustiness of dried green herbs lingering out he background, medium acid and a little grip from the fine tannins. Very inoffensive and I enjoyed this a bit more than I recall but still a tad underwhelmed, despite it going well with roast charcoal chicken tonight.
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Pverd Does not like this wine: 88 points
November 25, 2021 - A foursquare, quite blocky Pinot. Lacks finesse, any complexity. Maybe the very hot year had something to do with it. Nothing like the quality and style of GS Yarra Pinots. Disappointing
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Wine Definition
- Vintage 2018
- Type Red
- Producer Giant Steps
- Varietal Pinot Noir
- Designation n/a
- Vineyard Tosq Vineyard
- Country New Zealand
- Region South Island
- SubRegion Otago
- Appellation Central Otago
- UPC Code 9351105000565
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 0 (0%)
- In Cellars 220 (56%)
- Consumed 174 (44%)
Food Pairing
No food pairings available.
Who Likes This Wine
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- ProducerGiant Steps
- VarietyPinot Noir
- CountryNew Zealand
- RegionSouth Island
- SubRegionOtago
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