Leeuwin EstateArt Series Chardonnay 2006
About this product
- TypeChardonnay
- Size750mL
- RegionMargaret River
- Current Vintage2006
- Standard Drinks8.6
- Alcohol Volume14.5%
- Langtons ClassifiedExceptional
- CountryAustralia
- StateWestern Australia
- Brand NameLeeuwin Estate
- Wine SweetnessDry
- More about Huon Hooke
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.
James Halliday
Australian wine writer, critic and winemaker
Vintage 2006
97 points Halliday Wine Companion
Bright and youthful colour; a complex array of nectarine, grapefruit and spice, particularly cinnamon, is offered on the bouquet; the palate exhibits understated power, with grilled nuts supporting the very generous, yet refined, level of stone fruit and oak; the finish is staggeringly long, fine and complex. The adoption (since '04) of screwcaps has brought a collective sigh of relief from all of its many admirers.
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