Leeuwin Estate 'Art Series' Cabernet Sauvignon 2015
Regular price $176.00
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TASTING NOTE: "It puts on a good show of cedar wood, blackcurrant, mulberry and bay leaf-like flavour. It's medium in weight and well-balanced overall. and looks set to mature well into the medium term and beyond. Not a hair out of place." 94 Points - Campbell Mattinson, Halliday Wine Companion 2024
"Shimmering violet. Ripe dark berries, cured tobacco and candied flowers on the nose, plus a toasty oak nuance that builds in the glass. Sappy and penetrating on the palate, offering intense cherry-vanilla and black currant flavors accented by a peppery note. Concentrated but lithe as well, showing impressive finishing power, building spiciness and slowly developing tannins." 94 Points - Jay Raynolds, Vinous - ABOUT THE WINE: After individual berry sorting and cold soaking, fermentation took place in closed, static fermenters at temperatures between 26-30C with extraction by pumping over each individual parcel three times daily. After malolactic fermentation entirely in barrels and 9 months maturation, separate parcels were blended for further aging in French Bordelaise coopered barriques. The wine spent a total of 22 months in oak.
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ABOUT THE PRODUCER: Leeuwin Estate, one of the founding wineries in the Margaret River region of Western Australia, is a family producer with an international reputation for creating wines ranking alongside the world’s finest. In 1972, legendary Napa Valley winemaker, Robert Mondavi, identified the future site of the Leeuwin vineyard as being ideal for the production of premium wine and provided early mentorship to Denis and Tricia Horgan in the transformation of their cattle farm into Leeuwin Estate. A nursery was planted in 1974 with vineyard sites planted from 1975. Enjoying its first commercial vintage in 1979, Leeuwin Estate was thrust into the global wine spotlight when Decanter Magazine highly recommended the 1981 “Art Series” Chardonnay after an international blind tasting. The accolades have continued, with Leeuwin Estate wines found in leading Restaurants and Wine Merchants across 30 markets. Now under the stewardship of three generations of the founding family, who work alongside a team of dedicated viticulturalists and winemakers, the focus remains firmly on creating site expressive wines of the finest quality. Celebrating the art of fine wine, the Estate’s most opulent and age worthy wines, the “Art Series’ are identified with paintings from Australia’s leading contemporary artists on the labels.
- COUNTRY: Australia
- REGION: Margaret River, Western Australia
- VARIETAL: Cabernet Sauvignon
- WINE STYLE: Red Wine
- WINEMAKER: Tim Lovett
- CLASSIFICATION: Sustainable Farming
- CLOSURE: Screwcap
- ABV%: 13.5%
- SIZE: 750ml
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