Sexton Vineyard is Giant Steps' estate home block, planted by founder Phil Sexton in 1997 at Gruyere in the Yarra Valley, on the lower slopes near the Warramate hills alongside iconic neighbours such as Yarra Yering and Coldstream Hills. Grey loam over clay and a range of Pinot Noir clones give a slightly richer, more structured wine that offers a contrast to Giant Steps' more delicate single-vineyard cuvees. As the original estate site, it is farmed with close attention and low intervention. The 2024 Yarra Valley season delivered bright, ripe red fruit with the freshness and perfume typical of this home-vineyard Pinot.

Fruit was hand-picked from the estate vineyard and vinified in Giant Steps' minimal-intervention style. A portion of whole bunches was retained alongside destemmed fruit, with wild fermentation in open vessels and gentle plunging and pump-overs to manage extraction. After maceration the wine was pressed to French oak barriques, a measured proportion new, and left to complete natural malolactic fermentation on lees. The result is a fuller, structured yet perfumed Pinot Noir with sweet plum and cherry fruit, spice and fine tannin, made to contrast with the winery's lighter cuvees.