2007 Howard Park Scotsdale Cabernet Sauvignon Reviews

“Fruit sourced from Mount Barker has gone into this excellent stylish and elegant cabernet. Excellent firmstructure threads through the controlled intense and balanced palate. A little astringency on the finish. Plenty of blackcurrant and savoury plum flavours with a touch of cedary oak. Cellar 6 years.”

91 Points
Ray Jordan, Ray Jordan's Guide to WA Wine - 07-12-2009
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“?Deep, dark and inky; a complex black olive bouquet, with a very rich, powerful and heady mix of cassis, cedar and a little violet thrown in for good measure; the oak merely plays a supporting role; generous, firm and very long. To 2018.?”

95 Points
James Halliday, Australian Wine Companion 2010 - 01-08-2009
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“?Beautiful,sweet fruit, good balance and even flow of flavours across the palate.?”

93 Points
Tony Keys, The KROW (The Key Review of Wines) - 01-08-2009
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“We return to sharp varietal definition in two contrasting Howard Park wines from individual vineyards in Western Australia?s Great Southern and Margaret River regions.The Great Southern wine presents ripe-berry flavours ? in a lovely interplay with classy oak ?without the leafy notes (usually indicative of a cool season)?Scotsdale features very intense, very young flavours and taut, elegant structure.These Howard Park cabernets are strong, characterful wines needing a few more years bottle age to reveal their best.”

Chris Shanahan, The Canberra Times - 17-07-2009
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