2005 Hoddles Creek Estate Chardonnay

2005 Hoddles Creek Estate Chardonnay

I’d been hanging to try an older bottling of Hoddles Creek Chardy, Turns out Boccaccio had some ‘05 at museum release prices. Even at $30.. In the words of my Italian friend, I no complain. This stuff is mighty, especially considering it’s release price ($20ish.) The D’Anna’s have a real winner.

Brilliant straw colour with pale straw hue, slight green tinge. Looks like it was bottled yesterday. At first, offers a refined nose of nougat, biscuit and cashew with a subtle tropical fruit background. As the wine warms, this nose expands considerably, showing nice toasty oak influence, perfectly balanced to the lees and fruit .Generous texture, ripe, luscious and full bodied, delivering intense fig and hazelnut early, before biscuit and cashew again, this time with spicy grip on the back palate. Impeccably balanced. Reasonable length. Very long tangy aftertaste of fig, spice and biscuit. Wonderful stuff. Drink over the next 5 years. Screwcap. 13.2% Alc./Vol. 3, 6, 8. 17/20.