Howard Park Allingham Margaret River Chardonnay 2020
- 96
- $92
- Drink by: 2022-2030
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Margaret River Chardonnay looking super elegant and so, so fine. A striking and inviting bouquet, all almond meal, citrus, nectarine and buttery. In this, its eleventh vintage release, Allingham combines the long-time Margaret River Chardonnay clone, Gin Gin or Mendoza, noted for its generous, luscious fruit with a bunch of Dijon clones. The resulting flavours are concentrated in stone fruits and bright with an added touch of quince and lemon drop. French oak brings a warm, emerging texture. The backdrop is a solid backbone of refreshing acidity. Allingham is yet to explore its full potential, but the complexity so riveting now in its youth can only build.
Jeni Port is one of Australia’s top wine communicators. Based in Melbourne, Jeni created the first wine column in the (then) Sun News-Pictorial before moving over to The Age and becoming that paper’s longest-serving wine writer. Over the years she has written for most Australian wine magazines and these days calls WinePilot home. She is also a Tasting Panel member on the Halliday Wine Companion. She was named Wine Communicator of the Year and Legend of the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival in 2014 and in 2018 Legend of the Vine. She is a founding board member of Australian Women In Wine and is the co-deputy chair of Australia’s Wine List of the Year Awards and China’s Wine List of the Year Awards.
