Leeuwin EstateArt Series Chardonnay 2006
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Is this Australia's best Chardonnay? If not then it shares the air reserved for only the finest examples. Rich yet restrained, with mineral notes, cashew and almond meal, amazing fruit complexity and wonderful length ...why not try the benchmark?.
Is this Australia's best Chardonnay? If not then it shares the air reserved for only the finest examples. Rich yet restrained, with mineral notes, cashew and almond meal, amazing fruit complexity and wonderful length ...why not try the benchmark?.
Dry wines have no trace of sweetness at all.
- TypeChardonnay
- Size750ML
- RegionMargaret River
- Current Vintage2006
- Standard Drinks8.6
- Alcohol Volume14.5%
- Langtons ClassifiedExceptional
- CountryAustralia
- StateWestern Australia
- Brand NameLeeuwin Estate
- Wine SweetnessDry
James Halliday
Australian wine writer, critic and winemaker
Vintage 2006
97 points Halliday Wine Companion
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Huon Hooke
Prolific Australian wine reviewer for Fairfax Media and The Real Review
Vintage 2006
90 points The Real Review
This has not aged in a great direction, if this bottle is a reliable guide (and it should be because of the screwcap, and it was tasted at the winery). It is full yellow now and the oak and alcohol both sit out at right-angles to the rest of the wine. It seems clumsy and disjointed, moreso the colder it was. Happily, the style has been refined greatly since '06 and today's wines will age much more gracefully than this vintage.
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