2024 Hoddles Creek Pinot Gris

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Year after year the county's best value Pinot Gris. Such delicious drinking. No brainer!
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Hoddles Creek, under the guidance of Franco D'Anna, continue to push the boundaries of value for money in Australian wine. This latest release of their much-loved Pinot Gris is a brilliant value proposition - and arguably the best pound-for-pound Gris in the country.

Unlike many Pinot Gris/Grigio, this is made with care and intent. The fruit is picked in two stages; the first is foot stomped to allow the juice to make contact with the skins, picking up vital phenolics and texture, before naturally fermenting and being sent to barrel. The second batch was made, in essence, like a red wine - fermented on skins for a week and pressed once dry. 

It has flavour, it has texture, it has drinkability. If you want to see this variety in full flight, you need to try this wine. At this price, it's as good as Pinot Gris gets.

96 points
"A beautifully made and interesting pinot gris to pair with everything from cheese to grilled fish and chicken."
- Philip Rich (Halliday Wine Companion)

93+ points
"Refreshing and thirst-quenching too. Wonderful stuff, though I reckon it fleshing out a little with time in bottle is ideal."
- Mike Bennie (The Wine Front)

After making Pinot Gris conventionally since 2002, I was fed up making the same boring wine. Not only did I loath to make it, I didn’t enjoy drinking it. I guess that energy flowed to the wine.

In 2013, I decided to try something different, and instead of trying to take the colour out, I would make it as I think it should be made. Wine is really risk and reward. I really didn’t like the grape so I decided to take some risks that we wouldn’t normally take. We began experimenting and each year we try push those boundaries a bit further.

So for 90% of the blend we: Hand pick into bins. As soon as it’s picked we foot stomp the bins to release the juice so it can be in contact with the skins. No sulphur is added. We then chill the bins down to 12 degrees and wait for fermentation to begin.Near the completion of ferment, we press straight into old white barriques to finish fermentation.

We make it this way to try get a balance between aroma and tannin ripeness. The stalks from the first treatment adds some fine tannins and obviously you get a lot more tannin from the second treatment. We try and find a balance in between depending on the year.

96 points - "70% fermented on skins for three days with the balance on skins for 14 days. A bright and enticing pale salmon. Aromatic with its bouquet of poached white pear, red apple and jasmine. Gently textured with just the right amount of grip to balance. A beautifully made and interesting pinot gris to pair with everything from cheese to grilled fish and chicken." - Philip Rich (Halliday Wine Companion)

93+ points - "A golden amber hue in the glass. It’s like a beautiful tonic to drink. Red apple, faint cranberry, peach, green pear, a skittish rub of talc-like tannin, a pure, bright, invigorating and botanical-laced finish. Fine tuned, so frisky, and almost has a non-wine taste, an exotic beverage with so much character, and good for it. Refreshing and thirst-quenching too. Wonderful stuff, though I reckon it fleshing out a little with time in bottle is ideal." - Mike Bennie (The Wine Front)

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Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars
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7 reviews
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    Rated 4 out of 5 stars
    Great refresher

    citrus flavours with a chalky mouthfeel. great value

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    Rated 4 out of 5 stars
    Refreshing pinot gris with real class

    The colour and mouthfeel leave you in no doubt that this is a pinot gris that has had some skin contact. And that's a good thing, as the textural mouthfeel balances the relatively high acididity beautfully, making for an interesting , delivcous and more-ish glass of wine.

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    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    Highly Recommend

    Great easy drinking Pinot Gris. Perfect for a hot summer afternoon.

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Hoddles Creek Estate

Hoddles Creek Estate lays a serious claim to being one of the best value producers in Australia.

Led by the extremely hardworking winemaking guru Franco D’Anna, the Hoddles team crafts wonderful Chardonnay and Pinot Noir in particular that seriously overdeliver at all price points.

The wines are all made from fruit grown on their family vineyard in the Upper Yarra Valley. A must-try for Yarra Valley fans and bargain hunters alike!

Winemaker Franco D'Anna - Yarra Valley, VIC Discover Hoddles Creek

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