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Hoddles Creek Estate 1er Pinot Noir 2023

$82.00
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Hoddles Creek Estate 1er Pinot Noir 2023
Producer Hoddles Creek Estate
Region, Country Yarra Valley, Australia
Bottle Size 750ml
Case Size 6
Product Code 23808-750

The 2023 vintage was another cool, wet vintage for Hoddles Creek, but thankfully, the rain stopped around December, enabling a healthy harvest with balanced ripeness.

The fruit for this wine comes from the family's Top Paddock Vineyard, which has 28 rows of Pinot Noir planted in this west-facing SRM block that slopes towards the north. Being the estate's warmest Pinot site, Franco d'Anna included about 15% bunches in the ferment. 

In the winery, this has the same treatment as the Estate Pinot Noir except for the bunch inclusion. This makes the tannins a little finer and gives structure to the wine for further aging. The wine spent 18 months in a cask and is not filtered, fined or stabilised before bottling.

Hoddles Creek Estate 1er Pinot Noir 2023

Reviews

“It’s a fine, lacy expression of pinot noir. A highlight, quite a bit of fine, almost Italianate tannin shaping with a bristle of dried herb and woodiness to it too. The fine, powdery chew laced through dark cherry, choc-coated date and garam masala spice – the bouquet with all this and a lift of mint and leafy herbal elements, pepper in tow. It feels like there’s quite a bit of structure here, almost architectural tannin and acid profile, edges and firmness yet still that finesse, transparency and a core of slate-like minerality to boot. Unapologetically savoury. A very serious wine.”
95 points, Mike Bennie, The Wine Front
“Excellent medium depth of red-purple colour, the bouquet showing almond-meal overlying dark-cherry to plum fruit aromas, while the palate is medium to full weight for pinot noir with a slightly grippy tannin backing, the overall impression being of a well structured pinot that will love to partner with food and will stand some time in the cellar. A serious pinot of impressive concentration and drive. It has the weight to reward some cellaring. (15% whole bunches).”
95 points, Huon Hooke, The Real Review
“Whether it's $20 or $70, you can count on Hoddles Creek to overdeliver! From a year that's produced several superb Yarra pinots, this is up there with the best of them. A bright medium crimson, this leaps from the glass with its beguiling aromas of cherries, raspberries, rose petals and a little whole-bunch derived incense and spice. And boy, is it good on the gently textured and energetic palate. Superfine and persistent tannins round out a beautifully balanced and poised wine that is destined to keep improving for years to come.”
98 points, Philip Rich, The Wine Companion

Reviews

“It’s a fine, lacy expression of pinot noir. A highlight, quite a bit of fine, almost Italianate tannin shaping with a bristle of dried herb and woodiness to it too. The fine, powdery chew laced through dark cherry, choc-coated date and garam masala spice – the bouquet with all this and a lift of mint and leafy herbal elements, pepper in tow. It feels like there’s quite a bit of structure here, almost architectural tannin and acid profile, edges and firmness yet still that finesse, transparency and a core of slate-like minerality to boot. Unapologetically savoury. A very serious wine.”
95 points, Mike Bennie, The Wine Front
“Excellent medium depth of red-purple colour, the bouquet showing almond-meal overlying dark-cherry to plum fruit aromas, while the palate is medium to full weight for pinot noir with a slightly grippy tannin backing, the overall impression being of a well structured pinot that will love to partner with food and will stand some time in the cellar. A serious pinot of impressive concentration and drive. It has the weight to reward some cellaring. (15% whole bunches).”
95 points, Huon Hooke, The Real Review
“Whether it's $20 or $70, you can count on Hoddles Creek to overdeliver! From a year that's produced several superb Yarra pinots, this is up there with the best of them. A bright medium crimson, this leaps from the glass with its beguiling aromas of cherries, raspberries, rose petals and a little whole-bunch derived incense and spice. And boy, is it good on the gently textured and energetic palate. Superfine and persistent tannins round out a beautifully balanced and poised wine that is destined to keep improving for years to come.”
98 points, Philip Rich, The Wine Companion

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