Holm Oak Shiraz 2023
- 93
- $50
- Drink by: 2025-2030
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A powerful mix of blackberries and rose water. Pomegranate and rhubarb. Some Christmas bush, paper bark and mace spice. Moderate in body, the wine shows its cool climate side with pink peppercorns and dehydrated raspberry dust with long lines of lingering acidity. Other winemakers could be tempted to apply lashing of new oak to bolster the red fruit, but here Bec Duffy stands by what nature has given her, its delicate, crisp and with a lively pulse. Pinot Noir, Gamay and Nero d’Ávola drinkers could all get on board. Á lovely wine for pepperoni pizza or equally with some veal. Drink now or cellar for another 3-5 years.
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.
