Howard Park Chardonnay 2023
- 95
- $66
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Attractive aromas of gunsmoke, ginger, white grapefruit and nectarine lift from the glass with impact. Some air and warmth unlocks pastry dough, nougat and spicy cedar notes adding complexity and balance. There’s nice even intensity and detail to the palate, with cedar, flint and grapefruit making way for salted lemon and white nectarine. Some nice chalky phenolics work with saline acidity to draw things linear and long to bitter and fresh finish. Some toasty oak and pastry dough notes in the mouth perfume complete a complex, textural and structural Chardonnay. Very good.
Tom Kline is a wine writer, reviewer, presenter, and educator based in Victoria, Australia. He is the Australian correspondent for the internationally respected publications Jasper Morris Inside Burgundy and Jane Anson Inside Bordeaux, where he highlights the top tier of Australian wine for a global audience. Tom also writes for leading outlets including Decanter (UK), Wine Spectator (US), and Halliday Magazine, among others. An experienced wine show judge and WSET educator, he has authored several consumer-focused wine courses aimed at making wine more accessible and engaging. In 2023, Tom was awarded Best Published Feature Article or Wine Column at the prestigious Wine Communicator Awards, presented by Wine Communicators of Australia.
