Holm Oak The Wizard Pinot Noir 2023
- 95
- $65
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A wine I always look forward to tasting, this vintage opens with some toasted maple bark, red morello cherries and lingonberries. Some iron and rusty soils then surprisingly morphs into some plush blue fruits and Acai. Acidity drives the palate with red fruit holding shape alongside, it’s crunchy and bursting with pomegranate and terra cotta earth tannins. This is a wonderful example of the unique style form Holm Oak, balancing aromatics, spice with sinewy texture and long lasting flavour. Open a bottle and drink a glass or two with the crispy fried edges of a confit duck, as you plate up dinner.
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.
