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Howard Park Riesling 2010
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BLUE-GOLD MEDAL - RUTHERGLEN WINE SHOW 2010
BEST 2010 VINTAGE DRY WHITE TABLE WINE - 2010 PERTH ROYAL WINE SHOW
BEST WEST AUSTRALIA WHITE TABLE WINE - 2010 PERTH ROYAL WINE SHOW
GOLD MEDAL - QANTAS MOUNT BARKER WINE SHOW 2010
“A lively and fragrant Riesling with zesty fresh lime and white-peach aromas - really pure and lively. The palate has taut impact - quite spicy and concentrated with impressive length to boot. 93 Points" - Nick Stock, Wine 100 - 01-11-2010.
“...the Howard Park Riesling 2010, a wine that draws upon both Mount Barker and Great Southern fruit. If you can find a more pure, precise version of the grape in this country, I'd be amazed. What its Porongurup sibling avoids in terms of classic lime blossom frangrance, this has in spades. But it's tight and fine with a length that can be measured in minutes. This is Australian riesling at its best. It's tighter, finer and leaner than most of the Clare or Eden Valley big guns, but no lesser a wine because of it. I'm confident that it will repay a decade or so of patience for those who like their riesling aged...” - Tony Harper, Brisbane News - 25-03-2011.
The Howard Park Riesling is listed as Australia's 4th most collected Riesling from a survey conducted by Wine Ark out of 3 million bottles of wine in cellars across the country.
Very pale straw with green tinges in colour. Lifted aromatics of musky talcum powder, ripe pear and citrus blossoms greet the taster’s nose. The palate is both zesty and lengthy with lingering citrus fruit and minimally musk corralled by tight acidity. These attributes bode well for a lengthy and lip smacking life of this wine.
The 2010 vintage growing season got off to a fantastic start with warmer than average spring conditions. This allowed good fruit set and powered the vines up for even ripening during the average summer conditions. Intense tight flavours and juicey acidity developed allowing us to pick before the autumn warmed up too much.
The fruit upon arrival at the winery was immediately processed to ensure the highest quality juice. Only free run juice, which is tighter and more finely structured as it has no phenolic character, was used for this wine.
Most juice batches showed wonderfully restrained Riesling aromatics, fine elegant fruit and great length. We kept 5 individual batches separate which were cool fermented in stainless steel tanks to maintain the delicate fruit flavours.
Extensive, some say excessive, blending trials were carried out to produce a wine that is very elegant but still very powerful.
A great cellaring prospect. Whilst drinking fantastically well now, the 2010 Howard Park Riesling will peak in 5-7 years and drink well into its maturity for another 15-20 years under screwcap.
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WBW Rating: 93/100
Closure: Stelvin
Region: Great Southern WA |
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Drink now until: 2030
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