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John Jens, Western Suburbs Weekly, 22 Jun 2010
"From 20-year-old Porongup vines, this is young, soft, subtle, fresh and very long. It is ripe yet restrained. The almost opulent cool area ‘spreading’ and dense fruit flavours are in complete harmony with the fine, silky and texturing tannins. Marvellous and their best WA chardonnay to date."
18.5 points
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Tim Wildman MW, August 2010
"This joint venture between Pascal Marchand, a Burgundian, and Jeff Burch, Howard Park, was new to me when I tasted the wines at Howard Park's tasting room in Margaret River. I have to confess to being utterly seduced by both of these wines; the chardonnay displays an exotic, perfumed note that seems to extend beyond the sensory boundaries normally occupied by fruit and oak, a sort of ultra-sensory experience that appeals to the senses and the mind, and are both alluring and delicious but also hard to pin down and define. I'm told that Pascal bottles according to biodynamic principles, well whatever he does has brought an 'X' factor to these varietals that all too often become familiar experiences. Similarly, the shiraz stands out far as exotic. Finely detailed and seductively atrtactive aromas. Both wines are light on the palate, finely detailed, pure, vivid and ultimately delicious drinking. Australia: more like this please!"
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