Hoddles Creek Estate Pinot Noir 2020

Hoddles Creek Estate Pinot Noir 2020"This wine, as we all know at The Winefront, is a modern legend. One day, one fine day, far in the future, this label should win a medal for Services to Australian Pinot Noir." Campbell Mattinson, The Wine Front Led by winemaking guru Franco D'Anna, the team at Hoddles Creek produce wonderful pinot noir year in, year out that seriously overdeliver at the price point. The wines are made from fruit grown on their family vineyard in the Upper Yarra

It could do with a smidgen more generosity through the middle

” James Halliday

A very elegant but at the same time very rich and intense wine

for the fruit comes off vines planted in the 1890s and there's a dash of ugni blanc in the mix given its dotted throughout the vineyard

Halliday Wine Companion - 98 points and Special Value Wine  ★

It feels more confident and less reticent

at the age of 28

"For decades

though I pick up cinnamon on day 2 and subtle milk chocolate)

a touch of anise like spices and a brightness to the lifted finish that goes on and on

Vittorio De Bortoli carried his dreams of a better life from the alpine foothills of Italy's north to the fertile Riverina region in New South Wales when he immigrated to Australia in 1924

loaded with flavour and personality and can happily be spared till next Christmas if necessary