Howard Park Petit Jeté NV

The aim of this impressive West Aussie sparkler is to offer freshness and elegance and that is certainly how this wine drinks. The fruit comes from the cooler parts of Pemberton and Mount Barker. The wine spends twenty months on lees, is 100% Chardonnay and has a dosage of just three grams. The team is building a program of reserve wines. At the moment, this wine enjoys a perpetual reserve of 5%, but they will grow this to 10% down the track. The base for this wine is the 2023 vintage. Pale in colour, this is lean and fresh with hints of garden greens, sea breezes, spices, apples and freshly picked pears. There is good balance and intensity running the length and we see hints of citrus and grapefruit emerge towards the finish. Well focused, expect this wine to continue to impress over the next three to five years. Certainly, an aperitif style, but it would make an excellent pick-me-up at any time of the day.