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Description
Joe Holyman has been described as "one of Tasmania's outstanding Pinot Noir makers." by Nick Stock and many others.
He and his wife Lou are the custodians of one of the best Pinot Noir vineyards in Tasmania and he knows his fruit very, very well.
This is another cracking release of a top-class wine with all the Holyman hallmarks: power, poise, structure and depth.
Connoisseurs of Tassie Pinot should load up, this is exceptional stuff.
96 points
"70% whole bunch, 30% new oak. Bright ruby with a beautiful aromatic profile of red cherry, wild strawberry and raspberry pip with aromas of struck flint, spice, crushed amaro herbs, sous bois, hanging game and leaf litter and turned earth. Stony, savoury and wonderfully balanced with a chalky tannin architecture and bright mineral cadence."
- Dave Brookes (Halliday Wine Companion)
95+ points
" Cherry, blueberry, violet and dried roses, black tea, a damp earthy almost truffle-like edge, some pencilly and spicy oak. It’s medium-bodied, but only just, cherry, raspberry and earthy spice set in a cool ‘mineral’ framework, tannin has a gently grainy sooty edge, and the finish is very long. This is a beautiful wine, and so distinctive. I love it. Echoes of Burgundy from a bygone era, perhaps, though don’t mind me. Yes."
- Gary Walsh (The Wine Front)
