Howard Park Margaret River Chardonnay 2025
- 96
- $72
- Drink by: 2026-2040
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Another complex, dynamic encapsulation of Margaret River Chardonnay. Captures the sunny, saline energy of the region’s number one white grape perfectly and comes held together by a core of taut, bright acidity. Aromas of stone fruits, white peach, nectarine, citrus, honeysuckle florals, grilled nuts and biscuit. The palate, precise and concentrated, sparkles (figuratively, not literally) citrussy bright with sea spray and a saline lift alongside stone fruits, peach cream and nuts. A leesy almond nuttiness and creaminess adds that extra layer of complexity cut nicely in saline notes and a brisk acidity. It’s the kind of acidity that adds plenty of life and intensity to what should be a long life.
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.
