Producer Hoddles Creek Estate was established in 1997 and is owned and operated by the D'Anna family of 'Boccaccio Cellars' fame and success - a famous Italian grocer and importer in Melbourne. Their winery is located on Gembrook Road across from Hoddles Creek in the cool rolling hills of the Yarra Valley. All wines are estate-grown and hand-harvested, with Pinot Noir and Chardonnay making up the lion's share of the property. Sauvignon Blanc, Pinot Gris, Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon are also planted. Tasting Note "It’s so calm and seductive, and while it shows a little more creamy spicy biscuit oak than usual, or so I think, it’s nothing overt. Aside that, red cherry and red berries, spice, mint and floral top notes, with silky fine tannin, though they offer a distinct ‘mineral’ character, with a crushed stone sort of thing, and some more earthy/savoury flavours. Not at all sweet, maybe even a little bony, though the red fruit is ample. The finish is very long, a tight tannin dusting as it goes. Probably the best vintage of 1er Pinot since 2015." Gary Walsh, The Wine Front 96 points
