Hoddles Creek Estate Pinot Gris 2024

Hoddles Creek Estate Pinot Gris is a skin-fermented, copper-hued Pinot Gris from the Yarra Valley.

Two blocks supply the fruit, the Winery block and the Top Paddock block, and the gap in altitude and aspect between them accounts for much of the detail in the finished wine. Franco d'Anna made this variety straight for years, grew bored of it, and started experimenting. In 2024 about 90 per cent of the crop was foot-stomped as whole bunches, fermented naturally and finished in old barriques, while the rest was destemmed without crushing and left seven days on skins, handled essentially as a light red. "The stalks add some fine tannins," he explains, "and you get a lot more from the second treatment."

Copper-pink in the glass, with poached pear, orange peel and dried herbs over a firm, tannic frame. Serve it at 11 to 12 degrees, as you would a light red. Roast pork, charcuterie or a bowl of mushroom pasta.

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