Holm Oak Hot Shot Pinot Noir 2022
- 97
- $130
- Drink by: 2026-2041
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The team do lean to a greater use of whole bunches in the fermentation of this wine, however the handling is so deftly done that it is not intrusive in the least. They use a trio of clones, with 45% being clone 777, which is all whole bunch bunches, 36% D4V2 which is 40% whole bunches, and MV6 which is just 18% whole bunches. Maturation is in French oak for fourteen months, with half the oak new. Another very limited production Pinot, just two barrels. This is a bit special and might just be the best wine I’ve seen from these guys. A deep russet/crimson colour, the nose reveals aromas weaving through truffles, leaf litter, dry herbs, aniseed, warm earth and red fruits. Quite savoury in style, it has a most intriguing and alluring nose. There is good focus to the wine, which is well balanced with the lingering finish. A wine of great length, exhibiting the silkiest of tannins, this is a wonderful Tasmanian Pinot Noir. There is much to love here. Enjoy it over the next ten to fifteen years.
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.
