The small family-run winery of Hollick is situated in one of Australia's finest vineyard areas, on the narrow strip of Terra Rossa soil in South Australia's Coonawarra district. This is a cool part of the continent where the proximity of the coast means that cloud cover is common, modifying the climate. Hollick Wines was established in 1975 by Ian and Wendy Hollick when they initially planted 10 acres of land with Cabernet Sauvignon. Successfully producing their own wines since 1983, they found that their production was so well received and gained so many prestigious awards that expansion was inevitable and so they purchased the nearby Wilgha Vineyard.

We have selected superb wines from the range that they produce. The white wine we have chosen is an excellent Chardonnay; it is clean and elegant with beautiful lemony hints on the finish. Their Pinot Noir is a revelation and, at the price, it would be hard to find anything from Burgundy to rival it. Again, it is a light, elegant wine but packed with ripe, soft-fruit flavours and terribly appealing.

In the Cabernet Sauvignon we start to see a more typical Australian style coming through, Hollick themselves call it 'Classic Coonawarra'. Rich, ripe and concentrated, it is packed with intense fruit flavours. The star though is undoubtedly their Ravenswood Cabernet Sauvignon, which is only produced in outstanding vintages from selected parcels of their vineyards, and is aged in new French oak barrels. The resulting wine has tremendous backbone and structure, still with wonderful fruit but with greater depth and character. Surely a New World Classic.