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Hoddles Creek Yarra Valley Chardonnay 2006 I guess to a large extent there is some sort of confluence between people who read Winorama and those who may buy this wine. What this means, in a roundabout sort of way, is that if I f*ck up then lots of people will know about it and will most likely let me know too. So do please feel free to comment as per usual… Aromas of white peach, grapefruit, fresh fig, ginger, spice, matchstick and cashew. It’s quite funky, not obviously fruity, but pretty complex. On the palate light and dry with peach, grapefruit, unripe pineapple, spice and savoury matchsticky flavours. Flinty acidity and excellent lightly grippy texture. Finishes crisp, dry and spicy with a little phenolic twist. It’s perhaps a wine that will appeal more to the Francophiles (no pun intended) than the 2005. It’s less generous but more stylish and either way it’s still a remarkable wine for under twenty dollars. Drink : 2008 - 2013 94 Points Gary Walsh, Winorama Spot on. Lots of pear-like flavour, cut through with lemon and nectarine and smoky, oystery characters. Lots of lift and life. Yum factor and sophistication at once. It was doing my head in: I was getting all cerebral with it, but then just knocking it back, glass after glass, as well. Awesome chardonnay at an awesome price. Drink: 2008-2014. 93 points. Campbell Mattinson The Wine Front