Howard Park Scotsdale Shiraz 2022 x 12

 2022 Howard Park
Scotsdale Shiraz

Distinguished Sites
Shiraz from vineyards in the Frankland River subregion of the Great Southern 
is blended to highlight the distinctive varietal and regional qualities of our 
best sites.
The expression of Shiraz from this cool, continental climate is characterised 
by an intensity and concentration of dark fruits with traces of spice, earth and 
guiding tannins. 
 
TASTING NOTES
The 2022 Scotsdale Shiraz displays an intense, vibrant purple robe, most 
inviting and almost shimmering in its brilliance. There is a beautifully balanced 
aromatic bouquet of freshly cooked plums, forest berries and cinnamon, 
with some blackberry bush and sage notes adding additional complexity. 
The palate is elegance personified, with an enveloping, sensual texture 
elevating the attack of bright and juicy red and black fruits. A suave, fine 
tannin profile provides for flavour persistence through the finish, and savoury 
notes coalesce on the back palate to remind us that this pure-fruited wine 
has the soul of Shiraz waiting to emerge over a decade of bottle age. 
 
VINTAGE
In 2022, beautiful dry and sunny conditions were entrenched throughout 
January and February, removing a great deal of the disease pressure that 
rain and humidity can bring and allowing a predictable insight into ripening 
patterns across most varieties.
While summer set the scene for another consistent and memorable vintage, 
certain varieties paid a penalty for difficult conditions earlier in the growing 
season. The wet winter of 2021 lingered unduly, smothering the renewal of 
spring and delaying the onset of budburst and flowering in the vineyards. The 
consequence was reduced yields in our estate vineyards in the Great Southern.
Consistent fine weather at the tail end of the growing season ensured that 
the potential developed in the vines was maximised by picking at optimum 
levels of ripeness. Superb balance between sugar, acidity and flavour across 
all varieties gives us great optimism for the evolution of wines from the 2022 
vintage.
VINEYARDS
The wine was blended from a selection of the best batches of Shiraz grown 
on our vineyards in Frankland River. Soils in this area are lateritic gravels over 
sandy, clay loam.
WINEMAKING
The fruit for the 2022 Scotsdale Shiraz is a combination of hand-picked 
bunches and some rows collected by the Pellenc Selectiv harvester. The 
ferment take place in small static fermenters using native yeast, with twice
daily punch downs for air circulation. Maloloactic fermentation takes place in 
tank, post the alcoholic ferment, and then 600 litre French oak puncheons are 
filled for an elevage in barrel of 9 months. 25% new barrels are used. The wine 
was bottled in February 2023 after a light fining and filtration