Howard Park Scotsdale Shiraz 2024 6 Pack

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Ray Jordan

This is a most appealing shiraz from this season. Lots of dark primary fruits in here, and on the nose there is a spicy, plummy combination that works most appealingly. The palate delivers with restraint and elegance, with a tight, concentrated core of fruit neatly harnessed by fine-grade tannins and cleverly used oak. Quite beautiful mouthfeel.

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Ray Jordan - Winepilot

This is a most appealing Shiraz from this season. Lots of dark primary fruits in here, and on the nose there is a spicy, plummy combination that works most appealingly. The palate delivers with restraint and elegance, with a tight, concentrated core of fruit neatly harnessed by fine-grade tannins and cleverly used oak. Quite beautiful mouthfeel.

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Mike Bennie - Halliday Wine Companion

Made with the best parcels from Frankland River vineyard sources of Howard Park. This is a medium-weight wine of perfume, silkiness and spice. Hallmark things that the regional shiraz should do with great balance, a knife-edge between ripe, sweet fruit and more pretty, spicy things. Dashes of herbs, a touch of earthiness. It finds great balance and drive. Dare we say syrah via shiraz of Great Southern? Excellent wine.

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Mike Bennie - The Wine Front

Howard Park wines often feel, to me, like there’s no hair out of place. That precision is distinct in their winemaking agenda. This delivers on a promise of polish and finery. Just so in dark fruit and exotic spice perfume, just so in dark fruit and savoury elements, spice, game meat, wild herbs, to taste. Medium weight, a little plush and velvety. A touch of sweetness. Finessed to make it feel good. A fine wine. Good value here.

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Ken Gargett - Winepilot

The fruit here was harvested from a selection of the best parcels throughout the team’s vineyards in the Frankland River sub-region in the Great Southern. Maturation was for a year and a half in a mix of barriques, hogsheads and puncheons, all French, with 25% of them new. Vibrant purple/maroon in colour, aromas weave through notes of mulberries, plums, herbs, sage and bay leaves. The oak has been nicely integrated throughout, and we have direction and grip with good power underlying. A wine of decent length which will offer pleasure for ten to twelve years, longer if you have the patience.

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Cyndal Petty - Winepilot

Boysenberry, blackberry and broken cinnamon sticks. It’s medium-bodied, with bright, bouncy fruit and an easy flow across the palate. In the mouth, the aromatics become flavours. Chocolate, red berries, iodine and wet steel carry you into a long, sustained finish.