Leeuwin Estate Art Series Chardonnay 2018

Margaret River, Australia, 75cl

Leeuwin Estate releases wines under the Art Series, Prelude Vineyards and Siblings labels. The “Art Series” represents Leeuwin’s most opulent and age-worthy wines and are identified with paintings commissioned from leading contemporary Australian artists. 2018 was something of a dream vintage in Margaret River. Flowering was good and consistent, summer was warm but not excessively hot and the vines stayed healthy and clean, allowing the harvest to begin a fortnight earlier than it had done in 2017. This release of Leeuwin Estate Art Series Chardonnay 2018 was 100% barrel-fermented (Bordeaux coopers for a finer grain), bringing texture rather than oak influence to the blend, resulting in a wine of immense power and precision. In the mouth it expresses the vintage’s natural richness, but it also feels like a coiled spring, bursting with life but with so much more to come, given time. The balance is impressive, with a real zing and drive and the layers of fruit have depth and significance. Great potential here and yet another superb vintage for this wine. Drink from 2024

Apricot intensity on the nose. And fresh hazelnut, cumin, lightly pan-warmed walnuts. Quince and gorgeous greengage on the palate. Has opulent spread but a charge of acidity that turns satin as it fills the mouth. Top notes of jasmine. A bite of grapefruit. The oak, again, like the Prelude, is so beautifully folded into the wine that even at this young stage it is not a feature, just part of the story, part of the flow. Aristocratic bearing, proud, elegant."- 17.5 Pts, Tamlyn Currin, JancisRobinson.com

White Wine Chardonnay Margaret River, Australia ABV 13.5% Screwcap OWLEEUCB

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