Hoddles Creek Chardonnay & Pinot 2025
… Is this the best value for money winery in Australia for these varieties? It’s certainly a strong contender for best value in the Yarra Valley, a region not noted for shy pricing. HUON HOOKE, realreview.com
We’ve just received our allocation of the Hoddles Creek pinot and chard. Allocation you say? For sub $25 wines? Yes because even though these are incredibly affordable, they’re also some of the most sought after wines going around. These are the perennial wines that leave you shaking your head in admiration, they’re famous for overdelivering on their humble price points.
If you’ve had these before you know the quality of fruit Franco d’Anna is growing in the Upper Yarra. These are a beautiful constant in our releases, they’re a no-brainer to write up and to buy as you know they’re worth using up your drinking credits.
Glowing reviews are already in from Campbell Mattinson, remarking on the chardonnay, 'it's a cracking release.' The pinot is fine boned and lithely, alluring with its campari-like spices and fine chewy tannins.
Last year they sold out in a day, don’t delay if you’d like to nab some. These are the mid-week wines that will level up your drinking without breaking the budget. For $24 each in a straight 6 pack (or $23 in a straight dozen) you don't need to think twice on these beauties.
Cheers
Gabrielle Poy
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Hoddles Creek Estate Chardonnay 2025It smells of pears and oyster shells; it tastes of nectarines, grapefruit, cedar-spice and mineral; it finishes with such an emphatic burst of fruit that its quality feels instantly upgraded. How or why this wine is only $26 I do not know. This release will need a bit of time in the bottle to really blossom but the power, structure, length and indeed X-factor place it in rare air once again. CAMPBELL MATTINSON
… lightly toasted cashew nut, the palate lemon/citrus and reserved, delicate, straightforward and youthful, promising to yield more detail with a litte more time in the bottle. The lemony fruit is very refreshing and leaves a clean, more-ish finish. HUON HOOKE
Special Price $25.00 Regular Price $28.00 As low as $23.00 -
Hoddles Creek Estate Pinot Noir 2025This wine is in its usual good form, offering red and black cherry flavours, five spice notes, flashes of mint and even fennel. It has both composure and drinkability writ large, though the fineness of the tannin and the dryness of the finish lend it, too, a seriousness. There's an orange and perhaps even a blood orange note to the acidity, and a chalkiness too to the tannin. It's pretty much impeccable all over. CAMPBELL MATTINSON
Deep, bright red-purple in the glass; fresh and lifted raspberry to red cherry fragrance with a lovely touch of spice, clean and bright. Straightforward and youthful, with fine melting tannins, this is all about the fruit and is an uncomplicated and intensely varietal Yarra pinot. HUON HOOKE
Special Price $25.00 Regular Price $28.00 As low as $23.00