ICON WINES

Abercrombie

Abercrombie Cabernet Sauvignon is our flagship wine and representative of the first wines ever made by Howard Park in 1986.

It began as a multi-regional blend sourced from our vineyards in the Great Southern and Margaret River. As we enter our 5^th decade of making this wine it has evolved to a single vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon sourced exclusively from Margaret River – specifically the Leston vineyard in the Wilyabrup sub-region, planted by the Burch family in 1996.

The wine has been comprised of 100% Cabernet Sauvignon since 2005, which is also the first vintage that the Abercrombie name was included on the label.

It is majestic yet accessible in its youth, and reveals its unmistakeable pedigree and a startling level of complexity and elegance with time in the cellar.

Abercrombie is consistently praised as one of Australia’s finest examples of Cabernet Sauvignon and has been awarded countless gold medals at national and international wine exhibitions.  It is recognised as a 3 Merit wine by The Real Review in their Classification of Australian Wine, one of only 10 Australian Cabernet Sauvignons in the class – these are iconic wines of the country, of true provenance and exemplary track record. Fewer than 0.5% of wines produced achieve this tier.

Allingham

Allingham Chardonnay was first made in 2011 after the arrival of Chief Winemaker Janice McDonald, who was given free rein to create a flagship Chardonnay to sit alongside the Abercrombie Cabernet Sauvignon.

Located at Karridale, in the southern reaches of the Margaret River region, the Allingham vineyard was first planted in 2004. Additional Chardonnay blocks were established over time, including the cool climate Dijon clones and the Gin Gin clone, for which Margaret River is famous, which imparts complexity, texture and citrus flavour to the wine.

The Burch family purchased the Allingham vineyard in 2014, after a long history of using its fruit in its top Chardonnays.

A.S.W.

The A.S.W. is a blend of Cabernet Sauvignon and Shiraz, both grown at our Leston vineyard. First made in 2016, its name pays tribute to Amy Burch’s parents, Alex Stephen Wee and Annie Sheila Wee, and is an acknowledgement of the input from Amy and her family to the establishment and continuation of Howard Park.

Our aim with A.S.W. was to create a top shelf Margaret River example of the iconic Australian wine blend of Cabernet and Shiraz.

It represents a departure from the traditional Margaret River blending recipe of Cabernet with other Bordeaux grape varieties such as Merlot. In a stylistic departure for Howard Park, it is also the only wine we produce that has any use of American oak.