Leeuwin Estate Art Series Chardonnay 2013

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Vintage
2013

Size
750ML

ABV
13.5%

Features
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Winemaker Notes

A concentrated and vibrant aroma, highlighted by lime curd, juicy pears and lemon flesh in the foreground. Beneath lies subtle complexities of a cinnamon quill, black cardamom, amongst toasted hazelnuts and pecans. An open, textural and layered entry continues to a youthful and fine palate with laced acidity and a seamless finish. Cut limes, pears, and white peach dominate the palate, woven with savory almonds, sweet spice, and seamless elegant length.

Professional Ratings

  • 97

    The 2013 Art Series Chardonnay contains a portion of wild ferment for the first time—33% of the cuvée was fermented using natural yeasts. The wine is layered with characters of coffee grounds, orange peel, cocoa nib, salted honeycomb and toffee apple, all of it tempered by salty acidity. The length of flavor unfurls across the finish; it oozes pedigree and class at this point. It's very good and moving to secondary characters now, while still maintaining a core of pear and peach. Hand-picked fruit from Block 20 and 22 (planted in 1976 and 1978, respectively). Five percent of the cuvée was whole bunch fermented in 100% new oak, while the balance was destemmed, crushed and pressed to 100% new Bordelais oak.

  • 96
    Elegant and graceful, this opens to supple lemon and tangerine flavors, accented by spice, cedar, mineral and white floral touches. Everything is precise and supple, with a juicy touch on the epic finish. Drink now through 2026.
  • 95
    In baseball, one of my favorite expressions is, "That player has the rare combination of power and speed." Some of the sport's greatest outfielders—Willie Mays and Barry Bonds (in his early years)—could smash baseballs 500+ feet while still being fleet of foot. The same parallel can be seen in world-class Chardonnays. Whether they hail from Burgundy, California, Australia, or other growing regions, these wines are often higher in alcohol (i.e. power) and thick on the palate. The 2013 Leeuwin Estate Art Series offers an amazing amalgamation of fullness and vitality. Not just content to be rich and powerful, this wine stays light on its feet with its bright acidity. Margaret River experts credit the use of the Gin Gin clone as one of the reasons that this grape variety can produce lavish wines without the loss of acidity in this temperate growing region. Pair the wine's creamy, core fruit flavors, full-bodied textures, and perky acidity with shellfish in a creamy sauce. Put some food on the barbie and play ball. (Tasted: July 10, 2017, San Francisco, CA)
  • 94
    Fabulous flamboyance and opulence yet a freshness and brightness underneath. Full body, lemon curd, apple meringue undertones. Vibrant finish. Screw cap. Drink now.
  • 93
    As always at Leeuwin Estate, the Art Series Chardonnay is a star. Now incorporating some natural ferments and slightly more solids, the 2013 features some more savory elements than in the past. A hint of pencil shavings highlights the pear and pineapple fruit, which offers plenty of flesh without being overbearing.

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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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One of the most popular and versatile white wine grapes, Chardonnay offers a wide range of flavors and styles depending on where it is grown and how it is made. While it tends to flourish in most environments, Chardonnay from its Burgundian homeland produces some of the most remarkable and longest lived examples. California produces both oaky, buttery styles and leaner, European-inspired wines. Somm Secret—The Burgundian subregion of Chablis, while typically using older oak barrels, produces a bright style similar to the unoaked style. Anyone who doesn't like oaky Chardonnay would likely enjoy Chablis.

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Home to some of Australia’s most elegant and long-lived red and white wines, Margaret River is situated in the farthest reaches of Western Australia. Relatively warm and dry, the region is cooled by breezes from the Indian Ocean. Margaret River takes some inspiration from Bordeaux, producing top-quality Cabernet Sauvignons and Bordeaux Blends with firm structure, mouthwatering acidity, balanced alcohol and notes of herbs and spice. For white wines, refreshing blends of Sauvignon Blanc and Semillon as well as complex, age-worthy Chardonnays are regional specialties.

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