Hoddles Creek Estate Chardonnay 2021

Hoddles Creek Estate Chardonnay 2021Led 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. "It is what it is: the chardonnay you should buy, for any night of the week, for any occasion. It's chardonnay in a style that somehow manages to straddle various streams; it's an arthouse chardonnay that

delicate flavour

The wine is fermented in small two tonne open fermenters prior to basket pressing with a limited release of only 600 to 1000 cases

000 cases per vintage and turning over $70 million

finish and aftertaste

"Brindabella Hill's 2001 rhone-style shiraz is a cracker

"The permanent swards keep the beautiful sandy topsoil in place

Cellar for up to 20 years

16 months in French barriques (15% new)

He is not shy to demonstrate a broader scope of vintage expressions: 'I feel I might be taking more risks than my predecessors did

He was replaced by Glen Hayley who had worked with Mosele for the previous six years

Silver Medal – Australian Small Winemakers Awards

The yeast transfers its energy to the wine – a mysterious transfer of life