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Hoddles Creek, Chardonnay, Yarra Valley, 2023
A very small crop this vintage; given a low proportion of new oak. Delivers the classic fresh citrus and cream style we know and love. Hints of melon and white peach. Poise and perfect acid balance. Now-2029 Here is winemaker Franco... Read More
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ColourWhite
RegionYarra Valley
GrowerHoddles Creek
Grape VarietyChardonnay
Vintage2023
ABV13.2%
Bottle75cl
ClosureScrewcap
DietaryVegan
CodeHOD123
Chardonnay
Chardonnay is one of the most-widely planted varieties in the world.
Arguably not the most characterful grape, hence its common ageing in oak, yet at its pinnacle in Burgundy it produces some of the greatest (and certainly most expensive) white wines in the world. Look out for unoaked Chardonnay, it can make a pleasant change, and usually goes down very well with all those people who...
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Hoddles Creek, Chardonnay, Yarra Valley, 2023
A very small crop this vintage; given a low proportion of new oak. Delivers the classic fresh citrus and cream style we know and love. Hints of melon and white peach. Poise and perfect acid balance. Now-2029
Here is winemaker Franco D'Anna's report ""Citrus and stonefruit on the nose, this wine has a rounded palate with good length and acidity; a light touch of new oak adds complexity. All fruit is hand-picked in the morning and immediately de-stemmed and lightly crushed into the press. No enzymes are used; instead the juice is allowed to settle naturally. In 2023, there were approximately fifteen different ferments, these were allowed to start naturally on full solids. After a select period of time, some of the juice was inoculated with cultured yeast then transferred to wood for fermentation. The wine is then left on lees for approximately 11 months. Just before bottling all clones are blended, cold stabilized, fined and filtered."
"In 1960 the D'Anna family had purchased a steeply forested 25ha property which in 1997 they set about planting. Almost overnight, glorious pinot noirs and chardonnays started to flow at prices that were irresistible – and still are" , James Halliday
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