Hoddles Creek Estate Chardonnay 2022

“White peach, green pear, a little citrus, fine spicy oak, almond, discreet struck match. It’s tight, but has flavour, plenty of flinty and chalky texture, ripe lemon and lemon peel, almond biscotti and green olive, firm crunch of pure acidity, and a long and racy finish that so mouth-watering and zesty. My word.”

“It's nigh on impossible to match Hoddles Creek Estate's marriage of fastidious vineyard care and the handling in the winery, with Franco D'Anna pulling the levers at precisely the right moment. The price of the wine means a strictly limited introduction of oak without any sense of loss. It's very good stuff.”