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NOTES
Howard Park Wines has a very simple mantra when it comes to the production of its wines - premium wine can only come from excellent fruit. Since its foundation Howard Park has held the belief that each variety is best suited to particular climates and soil types within the two premium wine regions of Margaret River and the Great Southern. Over the past 20 years, Howard Park has exerted considerable effort into defining and classifying the vineyards in these two regions by variety to ensure the quality levels demanded are continually upheld and improved. We believe this approach ensures that each bottle of Howard Park wine is the finest expression from these two regions and continues to over deliver on your expectations.
TASTING NOTES
The wine is a very pale straw/green. It exhibits a wonderfully fragrant nose of snow peas, guava and dried sage with a little passionfruit. Juicy and tight with citrus acidity, the palate has herbal and grassy notes with some weight showing from the barrel fermented component. Finishing with typical crisp acidity and great fruit length the Howard Park 2008 Sauvignon Blanc is bright and fruit driven.
OTHER REVIEWS
A vibrant wine from start to finish, with a mix of herbal, citrus and mineral aromas and flavours, the excellent mouthfeel aided by the texture derived from partial barrel ferment; lingering finish. Gold WA Wine Show 2008. To 2010 - 95 Points, James Halliday, Australian Wine Companion 2010
The notes say fine and linear Sauvignon Blanc and that really is it, along with a nose that is a pleasure.
90 Points Tony Keys, 01-08-2009
Somewhat smoky and distinctly herbal, the 2008 reveals dusty scents of lemon butter and green pea, leading into a very soft, generously rounded, juicy palate. Texturally more interesting than most, with genuine mid-palate depth, it offers rich flavours of mineral accented lemon herbs, finishing with a bright extract of chiselled acidity and lasting notes of citrus. Wood fermentation has resulted in a wine with a harmonious interplay of oak and restrained primary fruit characters. Clearly Western Australia's dominating this category right now, and its fine winemaking pedigree may soon see Howard Park's Sauvignon Blanc rated amongst the elite. Drink to 2010.
92 Points, Chris Plummer, The Australian Wine Journal - 15-07-2009
Cool tropical flavours, pure, vibrant, tight and lean, with taut, racy acidity. Peter Forrestal, The Sunday Times Magazine - 03-05-2009
A wine that shows the synergy gained by regional blending, each parcel contributing its own signature. It is vibrant from the start to finish, with a mix of herbal, citrus and mineral aromas and flavours. The excellent mouthfeel aided by the texture enhanced by a small barrel ferment component. Drink now to 2010.
95 Points, James Halliday, Top 100 Wines - The Australian - 08-11-2008
This is the Howard Park style for this variety - a tight bracing expression with subtle grassy edges to the tart gooseberry and lime-juice freshness. The palate is zingy with a lovely varietal intensity. 92 Points, Ray Jordan , West Weekend Magazine - 27-09-2008
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