| Deep in the heart of Western Australia wine country, | | | | balance between the earthy tones, the perfume |
| and a production of a member of Australia's First | | | | from the blackcurrant of Mount Barker and a fruitful |
| Wine Families, you will find the vineyards of Howard | | | | chocolate feel from the Margaret River region. This |
| Park. These vines have been providing Australia and | | | | vintage is only fashioned from the top1% of |
| the world with succulent and highly sought after | | | | cabernet sauvignon grapes and only when it is known |
| vintages for a very long time. The Howard Park | | | | that the crop will offer the world the most superb |
| Abercrombie Cabernet Sauvignon is no exception, as | | | | flavour from its harvest. |
| it has won the Australian Cabernet Sauvignon of the | | | | The 2008's growing season was one that was classic |
| Year reward for its 2008 vintage. | | | | in nature for Western Australia. The vines ripened |
| This year in the prestigious "The Big Red Wine Book | | | | flawlessly without having to rush, the colours were |
| 2010/11" by Campbell Mattinson and Gary Walsh has | | | | dark and deep, while the tannins were lithely |
| announced Abercrombie as the flagship wine from | | | | matured. The Abercrombie's fruit is all hand picked |
| Howard Park. The review states: "Howard Park has | | | | and hand plunged to assure the balance that is |
| been making top-notch Cabernet Sauvignon for over | | | | expected from this high end wine. |
| twenty years but it's pulled out a ripper from the | | | | When you first open the bottle of Howard Park's |
| 2008 vintage. This is what cabernet is all about. | | | | Abercrombie Cabernet Sauvignon you will be |
| Long flavoured, rich and regal, it's potential for | | | | overcome with the delectable aromas of blackberry, |
| cellaring abundantly clear. This is a wine with both | | | | cedar, tomato leaf and chocolate. Once the wine |
| authority and softness; as with so many of the | | | | pours in and you taste this creation you will be gleeful |
| world's best wines, this will drink beautifully in a | | | | at the attendance of a fruitfulness that honours the |
| situation, as a young wine and also once it's old. | | | | Great Southern region in the very fibre of its being. |
| This wine melts in your mouth." | | | | You will taste the red berry fruits balanced with the |
| Howard Park's Abercrombie Cabernet Sauvignon has | | | | wine's tannins. As the journey completes, the wine |
| actually won quite a few accolades since its birth | | | | will finish with the long fruit and elements balanced |
| 1986. A child of some of the oldest vineyards on | | | | within the mocha oak. |
| the continent, this vintage has never failed to | | | | All in all, the praise is not unwarranted. The Howard |
| please. From its first Silver Medal at London's | | | | Park Abercrombie Cabernet Sauvignon is truly the |
| International Wine Challenge in 1999 through 2007's | | | | flagship of the field. Jeff Burch and his vineyards |
| Concours Mondial de Bruxelies's Gold Medal onward to | | | | have produced an extraordinary wine that should not |
| the 2009 New Zealand International Wine Show and | | | | be passed over by any means. Kick your feet up, |
| its Silver Medal Abercrombie has never failed. | | | | light some candles, dim some lights and grab yourself |
| This star was named for the vintner's great | | | | a good book. Now, select your favourite wine glass |
| grandfather Walter Abercrombie and demonstrates a | | | | and pour yourself a little bit of heaven. Abercrombie |
| quiet eloquence and a power that subdues and burns | | | | awaits you. |
| a fire in your soul. It contains a perfect chemical | | | | |