Pale straw in colour with a bright green hue on the rim, the Howard Park 2007 Chardonnay is an elegant wine that exhibits balance, sophistication and length of flavour. Lifted melon, grapefruit, and citrus fruit characters define the wine's aroma with underlying hazelnut and bready complexity appearing with time in the glass. Subtle barrel fermentation provides a fine creamy texture to the mid palate, which exhibits more weight than the 2006. The crisp acidity adds linearity to the palate and an immaculate finish with persistent citrus, cashew and toast characters.