The 2019 vintage Museum Release (for almost the same price as the current release. Madness) with fruit from the Mount Barrow vineyard in the Mount Barker area of Great Southern. The labels for the museum release commemorate the inaugural 1986 Riesling by using the original label artwork created by late artist Denise Bowen, mother of now Chief Winemaker Nic Bowen.
Howard Park, Museum Release, Riesling, Mount Barker, 2019
The colour developing with only a hint of deepening to the pale hue. Fleshy developing nose: yellow apple flesh, honeycomb hints, pecan tart, lanolin, chalk, lime juice and tangelo-like citrus. Medium age bringing flesh and savoury threads that will slowly unravel over the next few years to complement the citrus and lime. Drying and gripping through a long tail. There’s still a vibrancy and intensity that offers pleasure.
RRP: $46
Alc: 12%
Rating: 94/100
Wine sample courtesy of Howard Park
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