Hoddles Creek Estate 1er Pinot Noir 2023

Hoddles Creek Estate 1er Pinot Noir 2023Led by winemaking guru Franco D'Anna, the team at Hoddles Creek produce wonderful pinot noir 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 Hoddles Creek Estate 1er Pinot Noir is their flagship pinot noir. This wine is only released in vintages when Franco considers the quality to be outstanding. It's produced in small quantities, is of

whose peaks reach a height of 670 meters at the Devil's Slide and are visible from any vineyard in the region

I had been invited as one of five journalists to travel from London to Epernay to witness the opening of

"The first sip seduces

with ample fine tannins and good persistence

Beautfiul and classic

the 2004 is a superb version of this classic Penfolds wine

and it’s very long

Very sweet

some of these big players are also seeing a shift in style

"  Markus Del Monego MW - 99 points

In 1991 Tim Kirk travelled to the Rhône Valley where he tasted the great Shiraz-based wines of Côte-Rôtie and Hermitage

the regular Yarra Valley Chardonnays seem absolutely brilliant value to me