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| Drinking Windows and Values |
| Drinking window: Drink between 2017 and 2022 (based on 70 user opinions) |
| Community Tasting History |
| Community Tasting Notes (average 90.8 pts. and median of 91 pts. in 10 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by Mic Mac on 1/9/2021: High quality Chardonnay at a reasonable price. Plenty of power and flavour here, but also good balance. Full fruit. Subtle oak. Excellent. (442 views) | | | Tasted by GD77 on 8/9/2020 & rated 93 points: Lovely. Ready to go. Touch of grapefruit and pineapple. Almond also. Long finish, nice acid. Great value here after a small stint in the cellar. (539 views) | | | Tasted by fizz on 3/25/2019: Peach, creamy, with medium acid. Nice with food. (486 views) | | | Tasted by Julian B on 1/15/2019 & rated 92 points: When first opened this was amazing. The fruit is a bit richer than I'm used to with these wines (more golden peach than white nectarine), but it was beautifully balanced with crisp acidity. After a while I felt the acid began to poke out a bit more which marginally reduced my enjoyment, but all up it was still above average and it was a hit with my friends. (395 views) | | | Tasted by Ward Huang on 7/26/2017 & rated 90 points: Good performance in the first few hours but fell after that. A bit little more oak on the nose and firm acidity on the palate. Nice chardonnay with food. And also fair price.
还别说，临场表现真的挺不错的，果香桶香杂糅在一起，但是掉的也很快，如果要选入上点儿档次选酒考究的餐厅的酒单，我看过得去，因为这是款很考验侍酒，当然，也是很考验菜品是不是足够好吃到让人迅速把酒喝完的一款酒，嘻嘻。 (770 views) | | | Tasted by berniefy on 4/26/2017 & rated 91 points: Full body with great balance. (944 views) | | | Tasted by majamke on 9/3/2016 & rated 92 points: Almond meal, struck match and some peach/nectarine fruit to tie it all together. Quite brittle acidity. These Hoddles always do better with around 5 years bottle age, I expect this 2014 to be no different. (1127 views) | | | Tasted by tyler hu on 4/19/2016 & rated 92 points: Light-straw yellow colour.Intense aromas of spices and nectarine surrounding my nose.Full body,round and balance.Oppulent fruit flavours and rich oak flavours captivate my palate.Long and savoury finish,a wonderful great value wine! (1048 views) |
| Hoddles Creek Producer website
ABOUT
Hoddles Creek Estate was established in 1997 when the D'Anna family decided to establish a vineyard on the property that has been in the family since 1960. The vineyard sits astride Gembrook road and adjacent Hoddles Creek. Its steeply sloping blocks prohibit mechanical harvesting, with both vineyards being hand pruned and harvested. All our wines, which are single vineyard, estate grown, are made in our 300 tonne winery, constructed for the 2003 vintage. The split-level winery has a barrel store located three meters underground. Hoddles Creek Estate is planted with 10ha of pinot noir (five clones), 6 ha of chardonnay, 1ha each of sauvignon blanc, merlot and cabernet sauvignon, and 1.5ha of pinot gris.
The Vineyards
Hoddles Creek Estate is located in the Upper Yarra, which is higher, cooler and more marginal than the lower Yarra, The vineyard is cropped at less than 2.5 tonnes per acre. Being in a marginal climate, requires extensive canopy management. The vineyard is trellised to Scott-Henry, to promote fruit exposure and lessen disease risk.
Winemaking
Our winemaking practises tend to be minimal. All our wines are transferred using gravity and there is generally no added acid addition. Consequently, our wines are balanced and fresh. All grapes are only destemmed, not crushed. This allows full berries to be transferred to either tank or press. No enzymes are used in any wines, the grape juice is allowed to settle naturally over four days at very low temperatures. All wines see a percentage of oak. Some wines will not see any new oak, namely Pinot Gris and Sauvignon Blanc but have a large portion of older oak. This provides mouthfeel, texture and generally builds the wines. The Chardonnay and Pinot Noir normally see about 30% new oak. Fruit from Hoddles Creek is always fresh and bright and can withstand a larger portion of new oak.
The Winemaker
Franco D'Anna is the viticulturalist and winemaker at Hoddles Creek Estate. At 13, he started to work in the family liquor store. By 21 he was the chief wine buyer while undertaking (and completing) a bachelor of commerce at Melbourne University. He then turned his attention to Charles Sturt University's viticulture course, while helping to maintain the newly planted vineyard. He attributes his traineeship, at Coldstream Hills, for the rigorous hygiene practices he learnt to be fundamental in the winery. For Hoddles Creek Estates' first vintages, Franco worked with Peter Dredge of Red Edge, and then in consultation with Mario Marson, (ex-winemaker for Mount Mary and Jasper Hill).
CONTACT
Hoddles Creek Estate
505 Gembrook Rd, Hoddles Creek Victoria 3139 AUSTRALIA
mail@hoddlescreekestate.com.au
Winemaker Franco D'Anna
+61 3 5967 4692
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