Hoddles Creek 1er Yarra Valley Pinot Noir
Yarra Valley
Price Range at Release: $50-$99
Vintage: 2023
Alc %: 13.2
$ Rel: 70
A superb modern pinot noir with distinctive Burgundian appeal. Heady and perfumed, it's steeped in complex aromas of raspberries, dark cherries, and tight-grained French oak backed by suggestions of spice, citrus oil and a faint meatiness. Medium to fullish in weight, it's long and complete, steeped in layers of intriguing and perfectly presented notes of dark plums and cherries. Knit with faintly smoky mocha/chocolate oak and supported by fine, silky tannins, it's expected to develop more power over time. It finishes long, savoury and exceptionally persistent.
Last Date Tasted: 10/09/2024
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Vintage
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Year To Drink
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2023
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96 | 18.9 | 2031-2035+ | |
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2022
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94 | 18.5 | 2030-2034+ | |
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2019
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93 | 18.0 | 2027-2031 | |
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2017
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91 | 17.4 | 2022-2025 | |
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2014
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93 | 18.1 | 2019-2022+ | |
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2013
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94 | 18.4 | 2021-2025+ | |
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2012
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95 | 18.7 | 2020-2024+ | |
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2010
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95 | 18.8 | 2018-2022+ | |
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2008
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93 | 18.2 | 2016-2020 |
Winery
Hoddles Creek
Bought in 1961 by the d'Anna family who operate the exceptional Boccaccio grocery, deli and supermarket in Balwyn, Melbourne, and who in recent years have added the exceptional Enoteca Boccaccio restaurant to the business, Hoddles Creek Estate was first planted in 1997. Today the property comprises something like 300 acres of constantly - and often quite steeply - undulating ground, through which the actual Hoddles Creek bubbles innocently from one side to the other. Around 120 acres are planted to vines. The site is typical Upper Yarra in terms of soil types and (of course) altitude, so its wines benefit greatly from a significant difference between daytime and nocturnal temperatures. Over the years Franco d'Anna (the estate's winemaker and 'farmer') has focused towards chardonnay, pinot noir and pinot gris in that order, with a keen eye still on the development of its pinot bianco. The Estate wines are indeed sourced from all over the diverse property, while the 1er Yarra Valley wines are selected from particular sites that deliver special layers of perfume, flavour and texture. The exceptional - and indeed exceptionally steep - Syberia vineyard delivers a mere 13 tonnes of beautifully shaped and perfumed chardonnay from its mean and challenging slopes, fashioning a Syberia Chardonnay of considerable poise and class.
Chief Executive(s):
Franco D'Anna
Winemaker:
Franco D'Anna, Chris Bendle
Viticulturist:
Franco D'Anna
Production Dozen:
20,000
Tonnes Processed:
300
White Wines
Sparkling
Address:
505 Gembrook Road , Hoddles Creek , Victoria 3139 Australia
Principal Wine Region:
Yarra Valley
Telephone:
03 5967 4692
Website:
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