2x 98pt "Montrachet of Margaret River, Mesmerizing"

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Saturday, April 27th, 2024

Only 350 Cases Imported — Only 35 bottles Available Today @ the Lowest Price in the Country!

98 Points - Decanter:

"This vintage is a triumph... sublime..."

98 Points - Robert Parker's WA:

"Super wine..."

97 Points - James Suckling:

"...transcendental poise and scintillating length. There is little out of place here. Superb..."

97 Points - James Halliday:

"It’s refreshing, classy and superfine... an outrageously long finish. Mesmerising."

95 Points - Wine Spectator:

"This stunning version is a fresh, sleek and precise expression of Chardonnay... 350 cases imported."

Dear Artisans,

The TLDR: This is a world-class Chardonnay icon whose 98-point rating puts it above white Burgundies from Leflaive, Coche-Dury, and Comtes Lafon. A better collectible value does not exist.

Critics and wine lovers have been calling Leeuwin Estate’s Art Series Chardonnay “world class” for years now.

As the praise above shows, that’s not an opinion. It’s a fact. The Art Series Chardonnay is a collector’s dream that stands with the blue-chip Chardonnays of Burgundy and elsewhere.

Located a stone’s throw from the Indian Ocean in one of the most remote wine regions in the world, Leeuwin Estate has been setting Australia’s white-wine standard for decades. To grasp its importance, consider that Decanter recently staged a retrospective tasting of three decades of this “true classic among Australian Chardonnays.” Moreover, Australia’s prestigious Langton’s auction house named the Art Series one of their “Heritage Five,” making it the only white wine to stand with bottles like Penfolds Grange and Henschke’s Hill of Grace.

To many, this comes as no surprise because everything that Leeuwin does is geared toward maximizing quality. Yields are kept to a minimum so that small bunches retain tremendously concentrated fruit, and the care that Leeuwin applies to the grapes is in their motto: “Treat ‘em like eggs.” Halliday, Australia’s leading critic, has called Leeuwin “a class act” that works “with the precision of a Swiss watch.”

In the 2020 vintage, that devotion to quality resulted in a historic Art Series Chardonnay. We have only 35 bottles priced at the lowest price in this country for you—so move fast!

Have a safe and wine-filled weekend friends!

Cheers and all my best,

—James

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2020 Leeuwin Estate Chardonnay "Art Series"

Margaret River, Australia

98 Points - Decanter:

"This vintage is a triumph, with firm fruit surrounded by a rigid suit of armor that compresses its flanks and ratchets up the drama. This adds immeasurable length to the flavor without any diminuendo in power or persistence. The fruit is cradled with beautiful blonde oak and shot through with sublime pith and herb details allowing the flavors to transcend expectation."

98 Points - Robert Parker's WA:

"The 2020 vintage in Margaret River was moderate to warm and will be forever remembered for the incredibly compacted harvest period, which started two weeks earlier than the 2019 harvest before it and was all wrapped up by Easter—that's largely unheard of. The 2020 Art Series Chardonnay leads with power and density, not unlike the 2018 before it. Tight and green in the glass, you get salted pear, white peach, nectarine, red apple skins, preserved citrus and crushed shell. The wine has minerality and tension within the confines of the opulent fruit. Staggering length, as usual. The winemaking remains relatively consistent across the years: hand-picked fruit from Block 20 and 22 (planted in 1976 and 1978, respectively). Thirty percent of the cuvée was whole bunch pressed to 100% new Burgundian oak, while the balance was destemmed, crushed and pressed to 100% new Bordelais oak. Sulfured post-ferment in order to discourage malolactic fermentation, both components remain in barrel for 11 months. Super wine." Drink 2022-2047. - Erin Larkin (July 2023)

97 Points - James Suckling:

"Tauter than vintages of yore, boasting complex aromas of pear distillate, citrus verbena, nougat, cashew, cedar-tinged oak and succulent white peach. Immaculately constructed, pure and rather wonderful. Founded on a tensile stream of pungent mineral, transcendental poise and scintillating length. There is little out of place here. Superb New World chardonnay. Drink or hold. Screw cap." (December 2023)

97 Points - James Halliday:

"A wine that tells the story of chardonnay's evolution in Margaret River and remains at the top of its game because it's a pure expression of place as much as the producer. It’s refreshing, classy and superfine, the acidity reining everything in and towards an outrageously long finish. Mesmerising." *Gold* -JF (8/2023)

95 Points - Wine Spectator:

"This stunning version is a fresh, sleek and precise expression of Chardonnay, with bright flavors of peach, lemon zest and candied ginger, plus floral notes of jasmine, orange blossom and dried sage. Hints of salted, buttery shortbread, green cardamom and toasted sesame seed linger on the long, expressive finish. Drink now through 2036. 350 cases imported." - MW (April 2024)