This lovely red certainly paints the town Gold. Bright ruby in colour, delicate aromas of strawberries and roses lead to strawberry and pomegranate flavours balanced by juicy acidity. Would dance nicely with a roasted duck and cranberry salad. "A lovely restrained style, it's delicately fragrant on the nose showing red berry, floral, olive and mixed spice aromas. The palate displays gentle weight and roundness, nicely structured by fine texture and polished tannins

The grapes for the Cookoothama wines are sourced from premium vineyards in the Riverina in regional New South Wales. The warm and dry conditions during berry ripening were conducive to excellent colour and flavours.

Medium ruby and youthful in colour, the wine presents vibrant and bright. An elegant bouquet featuring layers of black fruit with hints of tobacco and spice. Black cherry and cassis fruit engulfs the palate. Riding on rich silky tannin the wine finishes with subtle cedar and vanilla bean nuances.

With the generous red berry fruit aromas, hints of fresh cut plums and fine oak spice. The entry onto the palate of soft red fruits with ripe tannin structure support the sense of a warm vintage. Savoury notes of dried meats and provencal herbs add to the complexity after opening, and will become more integrated with bottle age.

Primavera is an outlier in the Giant Steps Single Vineyard series. This vineyard sits on red clay in the Upper Yarra, a site that excels in warmer vintages. Red soils, undulating hills, the dedicated Lou Primavera tending it daily. This is incredibly floral and seductive - perhaps the softest and most sensual of the Pinot Noirs in the single vineyard range. Stunning drinking now or, if you have the self restraint, for the cellar.