Giant Steps Winery Pty Ltd

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+61 (3) 5962 6111 PO Box 1479
Healesville, 3777
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mail@giant-steps.com.au
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Our winery in the Yarra Valley is home to Giant Steps Vignerons and Innocent Bystander winemakers. Situated in the heart of Healesville, the winery has been described as the "mecca of all things great!" Come and try the full range of Innocent Bystander and Giant Steps wines, all made in small batches in our gravity flow winery. Tastings available everyday. Free winery tours at 11am and 3pm daily. Giant Steps was established in 1997 by the Sexton family soon after they took a giant step by selling their highly successful Devils Lair Winery in Margaret River and moving to the Yarra Valley. Giant Steps is named after the first solo album by John Coltrane, who also made a leap of faith when he split with Miles Davis in the late 1950s. Giant Steps, first released in 2001, focuses exclusively on the distinctive expression of single vineyard sites in the Yarra Valley. Grapes are drawn from estate vineyards, including the Sexton Vineyard on the Warramate Range, situated on a steep, north-facing hillside Read more »

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Giant Steps Chardonnay Yarra Valley Tarraford Vineyard

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Merlot

The Occitanian word “merlot” translates to “young blackbird.” An accurate description for this popular, early-budding...
Cabernet Sauvignon

“King of the Red Wine Grapes.” The colonizer of the vineyards, pushing native wine grapes into its shadows. The Caber...
Syrah

The irony here is that Syrah’s origins could give Carmen Sandiego a run for her international wallet. Syrah’s deepest...
Chardonnay

British wine writer and critic, Jancis Robinson, once noted that throughout the 80’s and 90’s in the United States, C...
Pinot Noir

“With so voluptuous a perfume, so sweet an edge, they make the blood run hot,” Joel Fleischman, wine columnist at Van...

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December 2011

Giant Steps Pinot Noir Yarra Valley Sexton 2008

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bold fruit filled with bing cherries, and raspberries, easy drinking Read More

Wine review by Nicki Gig
April 2010

Giant Steps Yarra Valley Miller Vineyard Shiraz Zzb 2006

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A wine that shows a peppercorn or two in the nose, it's swimmingly alive with fresh red fruits. Incredibly intense, rich, but not heavy, it's complexity is continuing to evolve, making it a sensational pick for the next 5 years. WineryInsider. Read More

Wine review by SGG
October 2009

Giant Steps Pinot Noir Yarra Valley Giant Steps 2005

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YUCK Read More

Wine review by John Spinner
September 2009

Giant Steps Chardonnay Yarra Valley 2007

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No written review

Wine review by jyiapanis
April 2009

Giant Steps Pinot Noir Yarra Valley Sexton 2006

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like this wine...not your wimpy pinot..nice color and good earthy taste...yummy Read More

Wine review by reesespcs
January 2009

Giant Steps Pinot Noir Yarra Valley Giant Steps 2005

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No written review

Wine review by wongstonn
December 2008

Giant Steps Harry S Monster 2005

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An Australian Bordeaux! Yummmy!Colour: Deep Cherry almost a burgundyAroma: Spice, leather and black cherryTaste: Great tannin, medium finish and lots of black fruit but not overpowering. Read More

Wine review by 36106John Andrews 36106
December 2008

Giant Steps Pinot Noir Yarra Valley Sexton 2006

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This is my style of Pinot Noir. Lovely and earthy. Yum.Colour: Cherry in colour with crispness.Aroma: Cherry and earthinessTaste: Lovely earthiness, good cherry and soft tannins Read More

Wine review by 36106John Andrews 36106
December 2008

Giant Steps Chardonnay Yarra Valley Tarraford Vineyard 2006

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Very good, rich chardonnay.Colour: Nice golden colour.Aroma: Ripe Melon, with some vanillaTaste: Good acidity and stone fruit. Read More

Wine review by 36106John Andrews 36106
June 2008

Giant Steps Pinot Noir Yarra Valley Giant Steps 2005

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200 cases Read More

Wine review by epicuria