Hoddles Creek Estate Chardonnay 2016

Hoddles Creek Estate Chardonnay 2016Led by winemaking guru Franco D'Anna, the team at Hoddles Creek produce wonderful chardonnay year in and year out that seriously overdeliver at the price point. The wines are made from fruit grown on their family vineyard in the Upper Yarra Valley. "The bouquet and palate are at the midpoint between white peach et al and pink grapefruit et al. When you consider the mix of the very best clones, hand picking, the use of the Who's Who of French coopers,

yet measured

"You only have to smell this beauty to be seduced – Powerful

toasty oak makes a welcome

with layers of tannin unfurling

Rob Diletti has a reputation for making great Riesling

It's a smooth

"I closed my eyes when I breathed in this wine's aromas

Need I say more - go buy some

due in no small part to the very different pattern of picking

Simplified descriptors could be: focussed

offering lovely mouth feel

"This is easily the best since the mighty 2001 vintage