Howard Park Leston Margaret River Cabernet Sauvignon 2024
- 95
- $40
- Drink by: 2026-2041
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Margaret River Cabernet from the Leston Vineyard, which sits in the Wilyabrup sub-region, and from a very good vintage. Maturation was for a year and a half in French oak, one-quarter of it new. Harvested from Blocks 29 and 30 in the vineyard, these vines, all Houghton clones, were planted in 2008. Vibrant magenta/purple, the nose exhibits aromas of chocolate, spices, tobacco leaves, graphite, black cherries, blackberries and superb oak integration. Already, this is most approachable, we have focus and direction with a sleek texture. The wine is finely balanced with good length through to very fine tannins. Superb stuff and should continue to be so for the next ten to fifteen years.
Ken was born and bred in Brisbane, Queensland. He had a non-trendy, perfectly happy childhood, in a family convinced alcohol meant instant condemnation to Hades. But a break fishing on the Great Barrier Reef, and some good wine, started a serious obsession that eventually took over. It did not stop Ken being chastised later for drinking Pol champagne, disgusted he’d drink anything made by a Cambodian dictator. Now, Ken mostly writes on wine, champagne and spirits for various newspapers, magazines and books, but is perhaps best known for his work in The Courier Mail. He also has a little sideline writing on cigars, fishing, travel and food. When not writing, fly-fishing for trout in NZ or bonefish on the flats of Cuba, travelling or smoking cigars, he is no doubt following a variety of sporting teams – the occasionally glorious Queensland Reds rugby, the dysfunctional Washington Redskins, the dodgy Arsenal and especially revels in the world restored to its proper axis with the return of the Ashes to their rightful home.
