Holm Oak Cabernet Franc 2024
- 93
- $40
- Drink by: 2025-2031
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There are just one hundred dozen bottles of this extremely impressive Cab Franc made, surely one of the best examples of this grape in this country. The estate’s three rows were planted back in the mid-1980s, so have some serious vine age. Small batch fermentation before maturation for six months in old oak barrels. Purple/magenta in colour, this is delightfully fragrant, its nose offering a range of aromas, including mulberries, spices, cranberries, tomato bushes, and a hint of bitter almonds on the finish. A delicious, impressive and elegant Cab Franc. There is juicy acidity and a lingering finish. Love it. Enjoy over the next three to six years, though good cellars will see it go considerably longer.
Ken was born and bred in Brisbane, Queensland. He had a non-trendy, perfectly happy childhood, in a family convinced alcohol meant instant condemnation to Hades. But a break fishing on the Great Barrier Reef, and some good wine, started a serious obsession that eventually took over. It did not stop Ken being chastised later for drinking Pol champagne, disgusted he’d drink anything made by a Cambodian dictator. Now, Ken mostly writes on wine, champagne and spirits for various newspapers, magazines and books, but is perhaps best known for his work in The Courier Mail. He also has a little sideline writing on cigars, fishing, travel and food. When not writing, fly-fishing for trout in NZ or bonefish on the flats of Cuba, travelling or smoking cigars, he is no doubt following a variety of sporting teams – the occasionally glorious Queensland Reds rugby, the dysfunctional Washington Redskins, the dodgy Arsenal and especially revels in the world restored to its proper axis with the return of the Ashes to their rightful home.
