Wickhams Road Yea Valley Chardonnay 2023

Wickhams Road Yea Valley Chardonnay 2023Halliday Wine Companion Top 100 Wines of 2024 Led by winemaking guru Franco D'Anna, the team at Hoddles Creek produce wonderful chardonnay year in, year out that seriously overdeliver at the price point. The wines are made from fruit grown on their family vineyard in the Upper Yarra Valley. In addition, they also source fruit from their own vineyard in Gippsland and purchase fruit from a vineyard in the Yea Valley which go into chardonnays under their

its price reflecting a marketplace that is at present stocked with lots of high quality wines selling below their true value

"This esteemed cabernet

94+ points

What an astoundingly good wine

despite having to use grapes that

That afternoon I tried a 1992 Giaconda Pinot Noir

25% whole bunches on the clone 115 component

In this its youth the oak is - just - too prominent but given time this will be a belter

which last and last on the finish

Lively acidity is neatly integrated into the wine

An elegant and fine expression of Blewitt Springs Grenache with floral notes

it offers a sprinkle of herb n spice to taste