2022 Holm Oak Pinot Noir, Tasmania

Several pinot noir clones harvested from many blocks across the Holm Oak estate; destemmed, wild ferment, matured for 10 months in French oak (25% new). Ruby red in the glass with aromas of dark cherry, red plum, wild strawberry and raspberry coulis with hints of spice, wildflowers, dried citrus rind, leaf litter and earth. Finely poised on the palate with a vivid mineral line, silky tannins and pure fruit finishing long, saline and lipsmacking showing excellent balance and tension across its length.

95 points Special Value Dave Brooks winecompanion.com.au Oct 2023

2022 was a relatively mild year, characterised by higher humidity levels and warmer than average nights. This led to our Pinot being well balanced with lovely aromatics, bright fruit and fine tannin structure. Our 2022 Pinot has beautiful dark cherry and strawberry characters on the nose with some earthy, spicey complexity. The palate has fantastic fruit intensity, vibrant acidity and fine silky tannins. Goes well with quail

The earthy, spicy nature of Pinot Noir coupled with the dark cherry fruit characters match perfectly with game meats and local producer Rannoch Farm quail is a delicious Tasmanian product. Several clones of Pinot Noir from many blocks on our Estate vineyard were picked over a two-week period. All batches were destemmed and were wild fermented in small open top fermenters. Ferments were hand plunged up to 4 times a day and then pressed to oak upon dryness. The wine underwent MLF in barrel and was then racked back to barrel for further maturation. 25% new French oak was used (the remainder 1 – 4 year old barrels) and the wine was matured in these barrels for 10 months.