Leeuwin Estate Art Series Chardonnay 2008

Chardonnay

96 Robert
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93 Wine
Spectator

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Leeuwin Estate Art Series Chardonnay 2008 Front Label

Product Details

Varietal

Chardonnay

Producer

Leeuwin Estate

Vintage

2008

Size

750ML

ABV

13.5%

Features

Collectible

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Winemaker Notes

An incredibly complex and lifted bouquet of ripe golden pear skin, peach, savory toasted ground almonds and white nectarine. This wine is showing multiple layers of fruit and subtle class driven French oak. The result of very low yielding vines matched with subtle winemaking preserves the richness and intensity of fruit. The palate displays a full bodied vibrant wine on the entry, with a creaminess and intense purity of fruit. Pear, nectarine and peaches are the main fruit flavors followed by a subtle sweet spice and almonds. The flavors are seamlessly long with a wonderful natural acid finish.

Professional Ratings

96 Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The 2008 Art Series Chardonnay is not too much further evolved than the 2011, tasted alongside it. Interesting. This has more power and presence; it shows a baritone of power akin to the 2017, even though the vintage conditions were almost diametrically opposed. The marzipan and nougat come through strong through the finish, however the acidity shows no signs of slowing down. Momentous.
93 Wine Spectator
Silky, round and deftly balanced to play its pear, apricot, grapefruit and nutmeg flavors against a refined structure, casting it all into the long, enticing finish, which sails on impressively. Remarkable for its deftness, not its obvious power. Drink now through 2020. 500 cases imported.

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Leeuwin Estate, one of the founding wineries of the now famous Margaret River district of Western Australia was established in 1973 with its mission statement to: "Produce wines that rank with the best in the world through the pursuit of excellence".

In 1972, legendary Napa Valley winemaker, Robert Mondavi, first identified the future site of the Leeuwin vineyard as being ideal for the production of premium wine and provided early mentorship to owners, Denis and Tricia Horgan in the establishment of Leeuwin Estate. The first vines were planted by hand over a five year period from 1973.

Featuring state-of-the art facilities, the winery building was opened in 1978, celebrating with a trial vintage. Leeuwin enjoyed its first commercial vintage in 1979, and was thrust into the international spotlight when Decanter Magazine gave its highest recommendation to the 1980 "Art Series" Chardonnay in an international blind tasting.

Maintaining a team of highly skilled and dedicated winemakers, Leeuwin Estate is now under the direction of two generations of the founding family.

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