Hoddles Creek Estate Pinot Noir 2019

Hoddles Creek Estate Pinot Noir 2019"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

he separated all the plots – with 45 specific mid-slope chalky sites dedicated exclusively to Cristal

"We started thinking about it almost 10 years ago

Langhorne Creek is about an hour’s drive from McLaren Vale and both regions share a maritime climate

The Tarraford Vineyard is located in a protected valley at Tarrawarra in the lower Yarra Valley

The Quintet stands proudly at the head of the portfolio

but it is already shaping up to be epic

It should be noted that although the role of chief winemaker at Penfolds will always be inextricably linked with Grange

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Growing darker of fruit and broader of mid-drift as it opens

A blockbuster wine from a stellar vintage

The aim is to have the same people tending the same vines year after year

Prue Hawkey