Holyman Chardonnay 2024
- 96
- $65
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This is a very good Chardonnay from Joe Holyman. Nougat, fine cedar and saline ‘sea spray’ minerality provide an alluring savoury opening before lime skin, lemon zest, subtle flint, grapefruit pith, just-ripe white peach, sea salt and crushed cashew nuts. It’s restrained and eminently classy, with the saline complexity building into brine territory and making it very moreish. The restraint carries through to the palate — lemon pith, sea salt, seaweed, white grapefruit, white peach and fine cedar glide through the mouth with an excellent balance of tension and texture. There’s good grip and firm saline acidity through a finish of long length that’s laced with lemony tension. A class act that just keeps getting better with air and will undoubtedly get much better with time in bottle.
Tom Kline is a wine writer, reviewer, presenter, and educator based in Victoria, Australia. He is the Australian correspondent for the internationally respected publications Jasper Morris Inside Burgundy and Jane Anson Inside Bordeaux, where he highlights the top tier of Australian wine for a global audience. Tom also writes for leading outlets including Decanter (UK), Wine Spectator (US), and Halliday Magazine, among others. An experienced wine show judge and WSET educator, he has authored several consumer-focused wine courses aimed at making wine more accessible and engaging. In 2023, Tom was awarded Best Published Feature Article or Wine Column at the prestigious Wine Communicator Awards, presented by Wine Communicators of Australia.
