Howard Park Allingham Chardonnay 2024

Written By Campbell Mattinson
Bottle of Howard Park Allingham Chardonnay 2024.

Howard Park Allingham Chardonnay 2024
$105, 13% alcohol, screwcap, Margaret River.

It was not the easiest of vintages but Howard Park has produced a beautiful wine here. It sits straw-green-coloured in the glass; it’s high in texture; it blooms with stonefruit-driven flavour and the finish is refreshing, cleansing, mouthwatering and persistent. Cedarwood oak is tucked immaculately into the fruit; there’s an element of oyster shells about the edges; vanilla bean, citrus and grapefruit characters all make well-timed appearances. Give this wine another year or two in the bottle, after which it will drink impressively.

94+ points.

Campbell Mattinson

Campbell Mattinson has been an independent journalist, wine critic and photographer for forty years. He founded The Winefront, is a former chief editor of the Halliday Wine Companion (and former editor of Halliday magazine), and is the only Australian to have won the Australian Wine Communicator of the Year Award more than once. He is 100% independent, and tastes between 5,000 and 10,000 wines each year, blind and in comparative brackets as often as is practicable.

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Mattinson is also the founder of the Mattinson Photography business.

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