Holm Oak Fearless Pinot Noir 2025
- 96
- $65
- Drink by: 2026-2032
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The third vintage of the Fearless Pinot Noir. Wild fermented in small batches, hand plunged and into seasoned oak for 10 months. There is a wildly exotic aroma to this wine, raspberry coulis, pomegranates bleeding from their hulls and peach tea. Some tea rose and a hint of soft lychee. Aching succulent and moreish with some silty tannins deposited throughout the front and back palate, this has plenty of room for aging with the brown earth and porcini mushroom notes unfurling over time, if drinking now serve this with five spiced fried quail. The oak restraint really shows this vibrant fruit to the full X factor. Splendid. Drink now or cellar for 3-6 years further.
Shanteh cut her teeth at Sydney’s Award-Winning Quay restaurant where she worked for over a decade and was Head Sommelier from 2018 till 2022. She has been nominated for the Good Food Guide Sommelier of the Year award on three occasions and claims that her experience as a Len Evans scholar as one of the highlights of her career. Shanteh hosts her own weekly podcast ‘Over A Glass’ with the Deep in the Weeds Network and spends her time writing for various publications and judging at numerous wine shows across the country.
