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Sealed under screw cap.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy Erin Larkin February 2024\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Leeuwin","offers":[{"title":"Bottle","offer_id":55810717942140,"sku":"1216161N-FLASKE","price":39.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"12 bottles","offer_id":55810717974908,"sku":"1216161N-KASSE12","price":468.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0644\/1376\/1736\/files\/LeeuwinArtSeriesCabernetSauvignon2016.png?v=1755443810"},{"product_id":"leeuwin-estate-art-series-chardonnay-2019","title":"Leeuwin Estate Art Series Chardonnay 2019","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWine Advocate\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 2019 Art Series Chardonnay is filling out beautifully, within the confines of its svelte, mineral form. The vintage was cooler and later than either of the vintages either side, and the wines are aromatic and detailed by virtue of that. I'd still recommend leaving this wine in bottle for another couple of years; they are so slow to evolve that the primary fruit remains vital for at least the first decade. The benefit of waiting gives you extra complexity layered over the fruit, which blooms and plumes with time. The winemaking remains relatively consistent across the years: hand-picked fruit from Block 20 and 22 (planted in 1976 and 1978, respectively). Up to 30% of the cuvée was whole bunch pressed to 100% new Burgundian oak, while the balance was destemmed, crushed and pressed to 100% new Bordelais oak. Sulfured post-ferment in order to discourage malolactic fermentation, both components remain in barrel for 11 months. 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Tight and green in the glass, you get salted pear, white peach, nectarine, red apple skins, preserved citrus and crushed shell. The wine has minerality and tension within the confines of the opulent fruit. Staggering length, as usual. The winemaking remains relatively consistent across the years: hand-picked fruit from Block 20 and 22 (planted in 1976 and 1978, respectively). Thirty percent of the cuvée was whole bunch pressed to 100% new Burgundian oak, while the balance was destemmed, crushed and pressed to 100% new Bordelais oak. Sulfured post-ferment in order to discourage malolactic fermentation, both components remain in barrel for 11 months. Super wine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy Erin Larkin July 2023\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Leeuwin","offers":[{"title":"Bottle","offer_id":55810025423228,"sku":"1215201N-FLASKE","price":75.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"Case\/12 Btl","offer_id":55810025455996,"sku":"1215201N-KASSE12","price":900.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0644\/1376\/1736\/files\/oaeklael.png?v=1755441867"},{"product_id":"estate-art-series-chardonnay-2021-75-cl","title":"Leeuwin Estate Art Series Chardonnay 2021","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis stunning 2021 Margaret River Chardonnay Art Series shows beautiful racy lines with a slick and seamless style as it bursts with toasted cashews, melon, lemon peel and pith aromas lifted by mandarin rind. Fabulous fruit density with immense power yet retaining refinement and shape over a long, strong finish. Energetic, vibrant, perfectly formed and built for the long haul.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBy Angus Hughson May 2024\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Leeuwin","offers":[{"title":"Bottle","offer_id":55810025357692,"sku":"1215211N-FLASKE","price":67.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"Case\/12 Btl","offer_id":55810025390460,"sku":"1215211N-KASSE12","price":810.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0644\/1376\/1736\/files\/oaeklael.png?v=1755441867"},{"product_id":"leeuwin-estate-art-series-chardonnay-2022","title":"Leeuwin Estate Art Series Chardonnay 2022","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe 2022 season was warm and low-yielding, particularly for Chardonnay, and many of the wines produced in the region this season can be typified by their nuttiness and a distinct chamomile tea\/white flower character. Here, the 2022 Art Series Chardonnay is showing both of those characters, neatly wedged into the authoritative profile of Leeuwin Art Series Chardonnay. Today, for perhaps the first time ever in seeing these wines on release, I note that the oak is a key player in the drinking experience—as ever, seamlessly matched to the fruit and an important part of the wine's style and evident here today. There are toasted nuts, yellow fruits, exotic spices and an open fan of acidity\/phenolics through the finish. This 2022 will prove to be a powerful and statuesque player in the wider footprint of Art Series Chardonnays. It's one to collect, but for drinking in the short\/immediate term, decanting is recommended. Sealed under screw cap. 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This is a velvety, tightly controlled, compact and excellent wine. The oak shows ever so slightly on the nose, in the form of malt biscuit and aniseed. This will be quickly subsumed by the fruit in a short time. The wine will be released April\/May 2025.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy Erin Larkin March 2025\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Leeuwin","offers":[{"title":"Bottle","offer_id":56532514734460,"sku":"1216221N-FLASKE","price":47.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"12 bottles","offer_id":56532514767228,"sku":"1216221N-KASSE12","price":570.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0644\/1376\/1736\/files\/LeeuwinArtSeriesCabernetSauvignon2022R.png?v=1774365184"},{"product_id":"leeuwin-prelude-chardonnay-2021","title":"Leeuwin Prelude Chardonnay 2021","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e93\/100 Wine Advocate\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 2021 Prelude Vineyards Chardonnay is a multi-clonal wine: Davis 1, 5, Dijon (95, 96, 76), which is distinct from the Art Series Chardonnay, which is Gingin clone solely. The vineyard sources vary as well as the winemaking practice, allowing the winemaking team to try different processes and vessels in order to tease out different characters and textures. You get almond meal, preserved citrus and graphite. It's complex texturally yet still tight and linear. It's very good—both fresh and satisfying, with lightness and density at once. Flavorsome, lithe and long. Of the designated Prelude batches, 40% to 50% are left unsulfured and stirred twice a week. \"Freshness and acidity are the corridor, and we build texture and complexity around that,\" says Chief Winemaker Tim Lovett. 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