Howard Park Scotsdale Shiraz 2021
$34.99
SPECIAL BUY 6 or more. “When Great Southern shiraz sings, it’s a mighty tune.” 95 points, Halliday.
Description
Howard Park, one of Western Australia’s pioneering wine families with a 30 year history and two generations of tireless work of the Burch family, they specialise in the state’s premier grape-growing regions of Margaret River and the Great Southern. They are also part of Australia’s First Families of Wine (AFFW), an exciting collective of 12 multi-generational family-owned wine producers.
Winemaker Janice McDonald and the family are still celebrating after winning Gourmet Traveller Winemaker of the Year for 2018. Peter Forrestal, of Gourmet Traveller said “Janice McDonald is an astounding winemaker: demanding of herself and others; rigorous; painstaking in her attention to detail.”
Margaret River is Australia’s most spectacular wine region with breathtaking coastline, Karri forests and maritime climate perfectly suited to premium grape growing. 100% estate grown fruit Howard Park makes beautiful wines with depth of fruit, balance and structure that overdeliver across the board.
About this wine: This wine is part of Howard Park’s Distinguished Sites range. Shiraz from vineyards in the Frankland River subregion of the Great Southern is blended to highlight the distinctive varietal and regional qualities of our best sites. The expression of Shiraz from this cool, continental climate is characterised by an intensity and concentration of dark fruits with traces of spice, earth and guiding tannins.
Small parcels were hand-picked and hand-sorted to remove any unwanted material before fermentation. Fermentation occurred in open vat and closed stainless steel fermenters. Select parcels of wine were run to barrel between 2 & 3º Baume to capture new barrel characters from the final degrees of fermentation. The remaining blocks were pressed at dryness to retain fruit vibrancy. Each batch was matured separately in order to build a wine history over time. The wine was matured for 18 months in new (~ 25%) and older French oak barriques, hogsheads and puncheons. After blending to tank the wine was lightly fined and filtered prior to bottling.
About this vintage from the winemaker: Vintage 2021 was shaped in late 2020 as a great vintage with slightly lower than average rainfall over the spring period ensuring vines had good fruit set and plenty of reserves for the growing season. Warmer than average late spring and early summer allowed for good canopy growth and balanced crops, projecting healthy yields and good quality. Moving into the ripening season the effects of a La Niña weather pattern created strong weather events that brought higher than average rainfall events. These rains freshened up canopies and reduced the need for irrigation which was welcome, especially in the Great Southern region, and even more so for late ripening varieties such as Cabernet Sauvignon. For those who could pick around the rain events there were some strong wines. Overall, this was a vintage for the well prepared and brave – Howard Park was both!
Deep crimson in hue, this wine’s appearance is perfectly mirrored in its dark and brooding flavour profile. Satsuma plum, cherry, blackberry, gravel, cracked black pepper, freshly ground coffee and caramel form a rich and alluring bouquet. As the wine travels gracefully across the palate, soft, fleshy dark fruits and bramble berries are unleashed, carried along by a tart cranberry-like acidity. Fine grain, dusty tannins gather towards the front of the palate locking in notes of sweet fruit flavour and vanilla spice that linger on long after the first sip.
95 points, Jane Faulkner, Halliday Wine Companion “When Great Southern shiraz sings, it’s a mighty tune. This is bright and fresh with sweet red plums and loads of spice including a sprinkle of black pepper plus the distinct squid-ink regional character. It’s medium bodied with plenty of shapely tannins and acidity right behind it.”
92 points, Angus Hughson, Wine Pilot “This fine and alluring 2021 Scotsdale Shiraz teases with aromas of sweet cherry, new leather with a whisper of dried flowers and clove sitting behind in close support. A reserved style, in the Syrah mode, but with appreciable complexity nicely woven into a generous serve of fine grained tannins. Very well pitched and offers good ageing potential
RRP $41 Our Special Price $34.99 when you buy 6 of this wine**
Additional information
Producer | Howard Park |
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Region or Country | Australia, Frankland River, Great Southern, Western Australia |
Variety | Shiraz |
Vintage | 2021 |
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