LiQuery - Leeuwin Art Series Chardonnay 2018

Item:	619437
Size:	750 mL (25.4 oz)
Type:	2018 VINTAGES
Release Date:	2022-06-02
Producer:	Leeuwin Estate
Location:	Australia - Western Australia
Price:	$115.00 Price History
Style:	White Wine Full-bodied & Rich
Alcohol:	13.0%
Varietal:	Chardonnay
Sugar Code:	XD (4.0 g/L)
Rating:	99
Total Inventory:	3 vs. on
Cellar:	2032
Glass Style:	Montrachet (Chardonnay) Purchase Glass

Description
Campbell Mattinson awarded this wine a rating of 97 points, calling it '...neatly arranged, trim and terrific.' (winecompanion.com.au, July 27, 2014)

Tasting Notes
This is the closest I have come to awarding a wine 100 points. Tempted briefly. But sorry guys, I'm philosophically opposed to awarding any wine 100 points. So it gets 99-plus. And having been fortunate to have tasted each Art Series chardonnay, most on release, I'm happy to put my neck out and say this is the finest yet released. It's a wine that shows the continued pursuit to improve on the near perfection of previous vintages which seems to be the Leeuwin mantra. Stellar wine from a stellar vintage. The remarkable thing is that this is a wine that gets 100% barrel fermented in new French oak barriques with regular lees stirring for 11 months - and it certainly doesn't taste excessive, or even slightly oaky. It has such hi-fidelity purity with complex seductive aromatics of vanilla bean and light oatmeal with a cutting minerality. But the palate, oh, the palate. This is where things start to explode and go crazy. Power, poise, and persistence with a dry savouriness balancing the

Tasting Notes