Hoddles Creek Estate Chardonnay 2025"It smells of pears and oyster shells; it tastes of nectarines, grapefruit, cedar spice and mineral; it finishes with such an emphatic burst of fruit that its quality feels instantly upgraded. How or why this wine is only $26 I do not know. This release will need a bit of time in the bottle to really blossom but the power, structure, length and indeed X factor place it in rare air once again." 94 Points. Campbell Mattinson. The Wine Front.