Hoddles Creek Estate 1er Pinot Noir 2014

Hoddles Creek Estate 1er Pinot Noir 2014Led 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

crouched and coiled

Quartz Reef

Cabernet is a difficult variety to get right

adding light notes of nougat and nuts

beautifully poised

moderately high but silky tannin

long growing season ensures there is enough acidity and structure to maintain elegance

I did internships at Moët & Chandon

The true modern face of Barossa

all helping where necessary

The wines are made by Alastair Butt and Tom Lightfoot

lime and grapefruit citrus flavours locked together by tightly wound acidity on the long