2018 Hoddles Creek Estate Pinot Noir

Semi translucent bright dark red colour with a darker tinge of red to the edges and a light red hue. Fragrant aromatics of red cherries and winter strawberries tinged with a hint of violet are trailed by some sour cherry notes, lightly smoked cedar, stalk and fresh herbs. Supplely textured on entry the palate is littered with delicious red cherry and strawberry fruits which meld into elements of forest floor, spicy cedar and fresh herb infusions. Finishes bright and fresh with finely grained tannins in perfect synchronisation with the fruit. Expansive feel with an understated power wave leading into a long savoury aftertaste.
Drink over the next 5-6 years.
Alc. 13.2%

Other Reviews….
When you have a vineyard site as good as Hoddles Creek Estate, and lavish care on it as well as ever, the result is preordained. This is an elegant, spice-infused wine with tannins providing the boundary fence, fruit filling the centre. The length and balance can't be faulted. Drink by 2030.
95 points
James Halliday – Australian Wine Companion

“All about the tannin structure with perfume.” says Franco D’Anna.
Red fruits, hazelnut and spice, floral perfume. It’s light and perhaps a diffuse, at least as a young wine, but does deliver flavour, fine emery tannin, mouth-perfume, with a savoury autumnal finish of good length. Almost certain to build complexity and depth. Drink 2021-2029.
92+ points
Gary Walsh – The Wine Front