95 Points - Shanteh Wale
Holm Oak consistently produce sublime examples of Pinot Noir from their estate in Tasmania's Tamar Valley. This Estate Pinot Noir offering is made from a selection of different Pinot Noir clones from several blocks on the Holm Oak estate.
The 2025 Holm Oak Pinot Noir is a product of a relatively warm and generous year with long summer days and higher than average temperatures. This has delivered a Tasmanian Pinot with lovely aromatics of bright strawberry, cherry and bright berry notes. The palate is soft and inviting with plenty of generous strawberry and cherry flavours, light savoury notes and fine silky tannins on the finish. Another top-class Pinot Noir from Holm Oak that offers fantastic value drinking at this limited time discounted price.
"95 Points. Matured in barrels of which 25% was new French oak for 9 months, all destemmed fruit. A trusted favourite for showing the rich earthiness of the Tamar Valley coupled with great intensity of red berries. Hawthorn, raspberries and red cherries. Some lofty rosehip perfume and pink peppercorn spice. Cracked dry red clay and cherry blossom, this over delivers each year for its price point and this is a wine with excellent clarity and poise this vintage. Some soft white pepper, oak plays second fiddle to its red berry spectrum. Fireworks of flavour and superb fruit intension. Duck breast, rice paper rolls and hoisin for this one. Drink now and buy more than you think you might need or want. $40. Drink: 2026 - 2027"- Shanteh Wale, Wine Pilot.
"94 Points. There’s a real brightness and energy about this wine, with its burst of dark cherry and strawberry, with a little raspberry character. The palate has such vibrant fruit intensity balanced with some nice subtle oak and a necessary crunchy acidity that gives it life and energy through to the finish. That complexity and textural feel have come from the wild ferments and regular hand plunging four times a day. Lovely wine of great vibrancy. $40. Drink: 2026 - 2034"- Ray Jordan, Wine Pilot.
