Hoddles Creek Estate 1er Pinot Noir 2022

Scores

95 / 100

"I guess it fits into the ‘pretty red-fruited’ category though there are ample bass notes here and there’s plenty of toasty, smoky, chicory-like influence too. Complexity, it has plenty. Red cherries, both stewed and fresh, with Campari-like herb influences before cedar wood, sweet/earthen spice and assorted roasted nuts. The tannin profile of this wine, ultra fine-grained and assertive at once, is about as good as it gets – not only does it tie everything together but it somehow helps to extend the palate yet more. This is not an obvious wine, it takes time to build and unfold, but it’s a top-notch one."
- Campbell Mattinson

95 / 100

"Very deep and youthful red-purple, bold and concentrated for a Yarra pinot noir. The aromas are reticient and shy, needing time to build the bouquet, but the raw materials are there. There is richness, fleshy extract and concentration aplenty, the tannins ample and fine-grained, powdery and contributing much by way of texture and structure. Superb wine that demands a bit of time in the bottle to blossom fully. It's well on the way now to a great glass of pinot noir."
- Huon Hooke

94 / 100

"Crushed herbs, orange peel, raspberry, strawberry and spice, fennel too, offering a distinctly Italianate alpine character. There’s some toasted oak here, and almond character, bright orange tang and sappy feel, a pleasing bitterness, with cool fresh acidity, and pumice stone grip of tannin. Finish is cool, long with a sappy/smoked paprika thing happening. In some respects, quite an unusual wine for Hoddles, though the quality is excellent."
- Gary Walsh

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