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The fruit comes from a slightly warmer site located about 3km away from the Hoddles Creek vineyard and comes off 30 year old dry grown vines. It has no lees stirring and sees only 10% new oak. Take me to your leader! Refined and subtle it offers up melon and citrus scented fruits, a touch of flint, a little spice and dusty old oak. On the palate medium bodied with flavours of grapefruit, melon and spice. It has excellent fruit purity and gentle clean acidity that gives the wine an attractive softness, and while slightly blurred, it’s tight enough and has fine balance, freshness and drinkability. Armani at Big W prices. Rated : 91 Points; Alcohol : 13.5%; Closure : Screwcap; Drink : 2008 - 2011; Gary Walsh; Winorama These Wickhams Road wines are made by the team behind Hoddles Creek - which is why they are so well made, and such great value. Winemaker Franco D'Anna is a chardonnay master. This one tastes of peach and nectarine and lemons. It's fresh, aromatic, bursts with flavour and has lots of juicy acid tang. Cedary characters play a minor role in the background. This is a great value - and quality- example of the new world of Australian chardonnay. Drink: 2008-2011. 91 points. Campbell Mattinson; The Wine Front For the last 3 years while I have been excited to present the latest release from one of the brightest new stars on the Australian wine landscape in Hoddles Creek Estate, all the while questioning for how much longer they can continue to raise the bar of quality given the wines were already challenging others at twice the price. It must cost decent money to produce wines of this ilk. Well Hoddles Creek have answered this question quite emphatically with the release of their second label, the Wickhams Road range of wines. Made by Franco d'Anna at Hoddles Creek Estate, these are single vineyard wines are made with the same care and attention that has made Hoddles such a success. And at a time when we ask how they continue to over deliver, their first releases under the Wickhams Road label, a pair of Chardonnays, one from the Yarra and one from Gippsland offer almost ridiculous value for just $14.99 per bottle! The Wickhams Road Yarra Valley Chardonnay 2007 is drinking even better now. It too shows lovely citrus acidity and purity of fruit though I found it a touch more 'rounded' with even more complex. I probably differ with the expert findings of Gary Walsh in preferring this wine at this stage, I think in time the Gippsland version will catch up and even surpass it though I did also make a comment that it would be like choosing Jennifer Hawkins and Megan Gale. An absolute embarrassment of riches which would shame almost any other wine under fifteen bucks. Drink: Now - 2013; Quality: Excellent; BW; WineStar© February 2008
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