2003 Hoddles Creek Chardonnay - excellent QPR
Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2004 1:40 pm
From the Yarra Valley. Good quality cool climate fruit in the melon-grapefruit spectrum, with ovelays of honey and white peach.
I think there is plenty of acid there if I looked for it, but it is soft rather than harsh or austere and the fruit was hiding it pretty much. I thought the fruit was the main component in the wine, with the oak very much in the background.
Not your typical Aussie chard. Great value at $13. Bonus of a screwcap closure. Drinking quite well now although would keep well and probably improve further over 3-4 years.
regards
Chris
I think there is plenty of acid there if I looked for it, but it is soft rather than harsh or austere and the fruit was hiding it pretty much. I thought the fruit was the main component in the wine, with the oak very much in the background.
Not your typical Aussie chard. Great value at $13. Bonus of a screwcap closure. Drinking quite well now although would keep well and probably improve further over 3-4 years.
regards
Chris