Holyman Pinot Noir 2024

Holyman Pinot Noir 2024

This is the wine I love to make and drink. When we make the Holyman wines, we do so in a more traditional Burgundian style. They are not reserve wines, but stylistically different, and that is why we have a different label. The use of 70% whole bunches in the ferment gives this wine its structure and finesse. The wine fermented with wild yeast that is present in the vineyard after a one-week cold soak to draw out colour and tannins from the grape skins.  Due to the warm vintage, this is a richer wine than the 2023, while still retaining the Holyman structure and balance. The fruit characters are black cherry and plum with hints of mushroom and coffee.  The palate is rich and powerful, and will slowly develop over the next five to 10 years in the bottle. Joe Holyman, Stoney Rise

Cherry, dark raspberry, mint and earth, a spicy cinnamon and floral perfume too. It’s medium-bodied, well-etched with fine but firm tannin, quite ‘minerally’ too, an Earl Grey tea and floral mouth-perfume, crisp yet strict on a finish of excellent length. Oak shows a bit at present, though it won’t later. Very good. 95 Points - Gary Walsh, The Wine Front