2008 Howard Park Scotsdale Shiraz Reviews

“This wine has ripe, dark berry fruit on the nose as well as some sweet vanillin oak and just a suggestion of dried herb and peppery spice. The palate reveals supple, mouth-filling dark plum and mixed berry fruit, sweet spices and pronounced French oak. It finishes fresh and long. This wine has always been a consistent performer on wine lists.”

Liz Mencel, Cravings - 29-06-2011

“This single-vineyard red from Frankland River is one of WA's finest shirazes. The 2008 has a richness, concentration of ripe red-cherry and red-plum flavours and succulence that catches the attention. Drink now or cellar.”

95 Points
Peter Forrestal, STM Magazine, The Sunday Times - 30-09-2010
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“Quite an elegant and restrained, bright purple wine; very peppery. Mint and berries on the nose and lovely cherry flavours with a sweet tannin backbone on the palate.”

Louisa Rose, Nigel Dolan & Phil Reedman MW, Winestate - 01-09-2010

“Bright, high tone varietal fruit on the nose and a simple, well-balanced cassis palate.”

Peter Simic, Winestate - 01-09-2010

“Deep crimson-purple; while not sacrificing elegance, has thegreatest volume of fruit of the three Shirazs. With blackberry, licorice andplum, that has swallowed the oak; a complete wine in every respect.”

95 Points
James Halliday, 2011 Australian Wine Companion - 12-08-2010

“Now this is a satisfying mouthful. While this wine too is soft, long, juicy and fruit-driven, it is seamless and almost opulent while retaining elegance. The fruit is of even greater length than the Leston release and is better earlier drinking. It too will improve for 10 years plus. Delicious.”

18 Points
John Jens, Western Suburbs Weekly - 15-06-2010
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“Just splendid. Spice, liquorice, violets and blackberried fruit. We could smell this all day! It's medium-bodied with fine-grained tannin, enough flavour and a brightness, lightness and length. This is the kind of Great Southern shiraz we like to see?lots of class.”

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