2008 Howard Park Leston Shiraz Reviews

“Elegant medium-weight shiraz - quite a straightforward style with a moody, mocha-like bouquet and solid, soft fruit/oak palate.”

, Winestate Annual 2011 Edition - 23-06-2011
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“Best of the West'...Ripe, dark berry bouquet with slightly raisined characters, and a solid, savoury palate with lovely sweet varietal fruit and long, soft and subtle tannin structure.”

, Winestate - 12-05-2011
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“A lovely, dry, savoury shiraz from the Margaret River region. The supple, savoury, chocolate and dark plum flavours have a decent sprinkling of spice. The palate shows a little tannin assertiveness but the fruit kicks in to deliver a long rich finish. A most stylish wine...”

92 Points
Ray Jordan , Ray Jordan's 2011 Wine Guide - 01-11-2010
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“...has aromas of black cherry, blueberry, tar, loam smoky bacon and just a pinch of pepper. Medium to full bodied, rich and yet elegant, this Shiraz has a medium level of very fine grained tannins, medium acid and a very long finish.”

91 Points
David Schildknecht, The Wine Advocate - 01-11-2010

“Big, rich, fruit-cake nose. Soft in the mouth. Plenty of ripe fruit balanced by acid and oak.”

Peter Simic, Winestate - 01-09-2010

“This is full of intrigue and an elegant, fruit-driven style with fine persistent tannins around the soft juicy and appealing Shiraz fruit. This is a young, fresh, well made and serious shiraz.”

18 Points
John Jens, Western Suburbs Weekly - 18-06-2010
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“Attractive wine...It tastes nutty, spicy blackberried and (dark) chocolatey with drying tannins but a good feeling of juiciness throughout. Nice balance.”

92 Points
Campbell Mattinson and Gary Walsh, The Big Red Wine Book 2010/2011 - 01-06-2010
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