New Release | 97 Points - Erin Larkin
For several decades, Leeuwin Estate Art Series Chardonnay has been recognised as a benchmark Australian Chardonnay; a reputation that is seemingly enhanced with each release. As one of Australia's most collected and in-demand wines, our limited stocks always sell fast.
The 2022 Leeuwin Estate Art Series Chardonnay is another sublime Margaret River Chardonnay that offers a little more generosity and weight than recent vintages. The palate is poised and displays effortless power with pear, nectarine, white peach and a touch of lemon curd. With a lively mineral thread, subtle texture and vibrant natural acidity, this is another stunning Art Series Chardonnay that will offer plenty of joy over the next decade or two.
"97 Points. If you were sitting quietly in a corner, contemplating the vicissitudes of life, and a glass of this exceptional chardonnay came your way, well, all would be very well indeed. And you’d perk up. It’s a wine that tends to be scintillating in youth, driven by all manner of citrus flavours - lemon, pink grapefruit with a dash of lime but also a mille-feuille of leesy lusciousness, oak spices and a moreish savouriness. It seems powerful and explosive with its acidity, drive and energy yet manages to remain classy and complex. $159. 14% alc. Drink: 2025 - 2032. Screwcap"- Jane Faulkner, Halliday Wine Companion.
"97 Points. The 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."- Erin Larkin, The Wine Advocate.
"95 Points. This seems, at least to me, to hark back to what might be called a more ‘old school’ classic LEAS style. And that will make many people very happy, no doubt. Pear, grapefruit, Teddy Bear biscuits, cedar, vanilla, clove and ginger oak laying it on pretty thick, though the fruit power is there to take it. It’s juicy, honey drizzled pear, citrus, a firm chalk dust grip, with a lively grapefruit cut of acidity, some lime and lime rind richness here too, with a bold and savoury finish of excellent length. It’s wine of power and presence, and some warmth, not immediately approachable, but very good. Tasted: Feb25. 14% alc. $159 Screwcap Drink: 2027 - 2036+"- Gary Walsh, The Wine Front.
