Hoddles Creek Estate
Hoddles Creek Estate is a Mattinson 10-Star Winery — Campbell Mattinson's highest honour.
Yarra Valley.
If you love Australian chardonnay and/or pinot noir, then Hoddles Creek Estate in the Yarra Valley is your ground zero.
The case
Every year, for the past twenty plus years, Hoddles Creek Estate has been the only must-buy producer of chardonnay and pinot noir on the Australian market. Full stop. Indeed both the quality and the value consistently on offer from Hoddles Creek Estate is so striking that, many times over the past 20+ years, I’ve wondered a) if this wonderful producer is too good to be true and b) whether it can be sustained. Given that Hoddles Creek Estate was established in 1997, and that it’s been churning out the hits every year ever since, it is now overwhelmingly clear that a) it is true and b) that it can be sustained. The fact that Huddles Creek Estate also makes terrific pinot gris and pinot blanc is the icing on the cake of the Hoddles Creek story.
It’s important to note that Hoddles Creek Estate has redefined what value means, in Australia, for both chardonnay and more especially for pinot noir. The wines from this estate are not just good because they are inexpensive; they are high grade examples of their variety, in their own right. Hoddles Creek Estate is not just a value producer: it is the real deal.
Perfect evidence of this was the 2024 Hoddles Creek Estate Chardonnay (AU$26), which is a stunning wine. The 2025 Hoddles Creek Estate Chardonnay is up there with.
Wines that carry the case.
Hoddles Creek Estate Road Block Chardonnay 2021 (Yarra Valley): Winefront.
Hoddles Creek Estate Chardonnay 2011 (Yarra Valley): Winefront.
Hoddles Creek Estate 1er Pinot Noir 2015 (Yarra Valley): Winefront.
Hoddles Creek Estate Syberia Chardonnay 2017 (Yarra Valley): Winefront.
Hoddles Creek Estate 1er Pinot Noir 2013 (Yarra Valley): Winefront.
Hoddles Creek Estate 1er Pinot Noir 2021 (Yarra Valley): Winefront.
Hoddles Creek Estate is a Mattinson 10-Star Winery – the highest honour awarded by Australian wine critic Campbell Mattinson. 10-Star status recognises one thing: the quality of the wine in the glass, every glass, across the range. The full list of 10-Star Wineries constitutes Australia's Best Wineries.
