2025 Hoddles Creek Estate Pinot Gris

Salmon pink tinged blush with tangy acidity and a dry, refreshing finish.

Salmon pink tinged colour. Nosing offers up aromas of pear, Jonathan apple and subtle quince followed by a delicate whiff of Turkish delight and spice. Making a well rounded entrance onto the palate are flavours of pear, red apple and quince. Tangy acidity with some blood orange and spice elements lingering underneath. Brimming with energy it has a dry, refreshing finish.
Drink over the next 2-3 years.
Alc. 12.7%

Other Reviews….
From two plots – one picked early with the later seeing more skin contact. A pale, bright cured salmon colour. Delicately perfumed with its aromas of red apple, cranberry, orange zest and a touch of rose petal. Mouth-filling and flavoursome, this finishes with a touch of tannin on the satisfying and long finish. You'd be hard pushed to find a better gris than this at the price. Drink by 2029.
95 Points
Phillip Rich - James Halliday’s Australian Wine Companion

The best Pinot Gris in Australia is also the best value. That was the line that came to mind when I first tasted this wine. I’d have to go back through my records to see if this wine is actually my favourite Australian gris but fair to say a) that it’s right up there and b) that it’s an absolute ripper. All for 26 bucks. It has a copper-pink blush to its colour, it has genuine mouthfeel and/or texture, it delivers flavour in an easy-going way and yet it’s all straightened up by well-judged acidity. It also runs long through the finish. I don’t rave about gris too often. I’m raving about this one. I even suspect that it will be a better drink again in a year or two.
94 Points
CampbellMattinson.com

A little sash on the label annotates ‘Whole Bunch Fermented’, and so away we go.
A pretty pink-orange hue, delicate as a wine but with good grip and light chalky pucker. Rose water, rose hip tea, pomegranate juice and a big squish of red-skinned pear and light juniper berry notes. Delicious. It’s a distinctly textural wine but attractively cool and fine boned. An elevated expression from the variety in a restrained way. Drink 2025-2029.
93 Points
Mike Bennie – The Wine Front

Floral and expressive, opening with lifted aromatics and a savory nuance. The palate is textural and rounded, supported by a balanced phenolic grip and a bright line of acidity, giving structure and a three-dimensional feel with a saline edge. Shows great nerve and personality, finishing with a copper tinge. Drink now. Screw top.
94 Points
JamesSuckling.com