Leeuwin Estate Siblings Shiraz 2012
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Blend: 99% Shiraz, 1% Viognier
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This wine's purple plum and black olive fruit feels luscious and luxurious, especially for a $20 bottle. It’s tangy and fresh, with a recessed spice rather than an overt peppery drive. Ready for grilled lamb.
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Fresh and vital, with expressive flavors of raspberry, black cherry and guava on a supple frame, lingering with welcome delicacy and a long finish. Has presence and style. Drink now through 2022.
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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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