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Hoddles Creek Estate 1er Yarra Valley Chardonnay 2023

SKU: HO1C202310 UCAU

$69.99

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Hoddles Creek Estate is located in the Upper Yarra

"spice and minerality. Gosh, I like this." - Mike Bennie (The Wine Front)

The Hoddles Creek 1er Chardonnay is a wine of exceptional class and intensity.

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Product Details

White

2023

Chardonnay

Hoddles Creek Estate

Yarra Valley, Victoria, Australia

5-10 Years

Stelvin

13.2%

750ml (Bottle)

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Description

Made exclusively from fruit grown on the Hoddles Creek estate, this is one of the Yarra Valley's benchmark Chardonnays. The fruit that winemaker Franco D'Anna has to work with is as good as any in the Yarra Valley.
Pale lemon-yellow colour with a lifted aromatic profile showing white peaches and smoky reduction. Tightly focused on entry with stone fruits, smoky bacon savouries and a line of saline minerality adding character. Great length and while it feels taut there’s ample fruit power to carry it long.
Tasting Profile

Light

Full

Low Tannin

Tannic

Sweet

Dry

Low Acidity

High Acidity

Aroma:

Honey, Mineral, White Peach

Palate:

Mineral, Spice, Stonefruit

Food Pairings:

Cheese

Fish

Poultry

Tasting Notes

Description

Made exclusively from fruit grown on the Hoddles Creek estate, this is one of the Yarra Valley's benchmark Chardonnays. The fruit that winemaker Franco D'Anna has to work with is as good as any in the Yarra Valley.

Pale lemon-yellow colour with a lifted aromatic profile showing white peaches and smoky reduction. Tightly focused on entry with stone fruits, smoky bacon savouries and a line of saline minerality adding character. Great length and while it feels taut there’s ample fruit power to carry it long.

Tasting Profile

Light
Full

Low Tannin
Tannic

Sweet
Dry

Low Acidity
High Acidity

Aroma:

Honey, Mineral, White Peach

Palate:

Mineral, Spice, Stonefruit

Food Pairings:

Cheese

Fish

Poultry

Hoddles Creek Estate

Established in 1997 the D'Anna family decided to plant grapes on the property that has been in their family since 1960. Located between Gembrook road and adjacent Hoddles Creek in the Upper Yarra (a higher, cooler and more marginal climate than the lower Yarra) both vineyards are on steeply sloping blocks needing hand-pruning and harvesting. They're cropped at less than 2.5 tonnes per acre and being a marginal climate the vines requires extensive canopy management, this is achieved using the 'Scott-Henry trellis system' to promote fruit exposure.

Viticulturist and winemaker Franco D'Anna cut his teeth at Coldstream Hills later consulting with Mario Marson (ex-winemaker for Mount Mary and Jasper Hill) where he took some valuable lessons. His philosophy on winemaking practises tend to be minimal - their wines all see a percentage of oak including the Sauvignon Blanc albeit old French.

Hoddles Creek wines are single vineyard estate grown.

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