Home Hill Kelly's Reserve Pinot Noir 2023

Home Hill Flagship wine displays concentrated fruit that combines with chary French oak  to deliver a seductive & age worthy Pinot Noir. The Kelly’s Reserve Pinot Noir is made from a blend of the top barrels from the vintage, always with one small section of the vintage at its core. Deep dark ruby with purple hues in colour with aromas red berries, cherries and sandalwoodthat jump out of the glass. Uplifting fruit has a great combination with the 38% new French oak to give subtle notes of caco, dark cherries, and plums on the palate. This wine has round, firm, and silky tannins, giving a great structure with a good acidity and a long soft, and silky after taste that goes on forever. this Pinot Noir has the capacity to be cellared for up to 15 years. Oaked 10 months. Hand picked and pruned. Winery notes.

As I write this, I've just returned from judging at the 2025 Tasmanian Wine Show, where this particular wine put in a stellar showing at the pointy end of the trophy judging. Gee it's lovely. There's not a hair out of place. Beautifully pure red berry and raspberry fruits with great carry of aroma and flavour, spice, some distant undergrowth tones, some cured meats, everything in balance and true with a sapid, saline cadence and fine, powdery tannins. It is just a pleasure to drink. Drink by 2038.
96 points Dave Brookes – James Halliday’s Australian Wine Companion