Hoddles Creek Estate Road Block Chardonnay 2016
Franco D’Anna was excited by this parcel in barrel last year to create a new bottling run and now the new label joins the Syberia at the apex of the […]
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Hoddles Creek Estate Chardonnay 2017
I was fortunate to taste this out of barrel last year at Hoddles Creek over a weekend in April, a year and then some and into bottle to create the […]
Hoddles Creek Estate PSB Pinot Noir 2017
There’s no explanation from winemaker Franco D’Anna as to what PSB stands for. Part of the mystery. Just let it happen. Finally, a pinot partner to the Syberia. Single block. […]
Hoddles Creek Estate Syberia Chardonnay 2016
Siberia. The name conjures up a landscape stark, bleak and bone chillingly cold. Hoddles Creek Estate’s Syberia vineyard is located on the steepest, highest block with an east-west orientation which […]
Hoddles Creek Estate Blanc de Blancs Pinot Blanc 2015
Hoddles Creek Estate’s foray into the world of sparkling comes not from their glorious chardonnay, but from one of their unheralded grapes, Pinot Blanc. Made in a traditional method from […]
Wickhams Road Gippsland Pinot Noir 2017
Entry level and sibling of the Yarra Valley Pinot. This fruit is estate grown from Hoddles Creek Gippsland plantings in Eastern Victoria. Wickhams Road, Pinot Noir, Gippsland, 2017 Superlatives are […]
Hoddles Creek Estate Pinot Blanc 2017
These vines are getting to 20 years old and grown in rocky soils. Franco and the team have kicked another goal. Hoddles Creek Estate, Pinot Blanc, Yarra Valley, 2017 Apple […]
Hoddles Creek Estate Pinot Gris 2017
There’s a little movement in Australia to ensure that Pinot Gris can actually be a wine people want to drink and makers want to make. There’s a few makers such […]
Hoddles Creek Estate Pinot Noir 2016
I’m literally drinking a 2003 Hoddles Creek pinot noir as I finish this note. Franco advises me that 2003 was a warmer year, but no reason it shouldn’t last as […]
Hoddles Creek Estate Chardonnay 2016
A tasting in situ of Hoddles Creek wines over a weekend in April this year shows that while their pinot noir gets the hype now, the chardonnay is a slow […]
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