Leeuwin Estate Art Series Chardonnay 2012

Leeuwin Estate Art Series Chardonnay 2012Wine Spectator Top 100 Wines of 2015 Halliday Wine Companion Best Chardonnay of 2017 "Ive gone on record more times than I care to count saying the Leeuwin Art Series is Australias greatest chardonnay." James Halliday Leeuwin Estate Art Series Chardonnay needs no introduction. It is an icon of Australian wine and is one of Langton's Heritage Five which celebrates Australia's most exceptional and ground breaking wines the other four being Penfolds

Gentle hand plunging and a slow-paced fermentation add to the subtlety of the wine

earthy spice

and mulberry

What is your best memory since working at Moss Wood

The palate is very intense and vibrant

The house is one of the last to remain family-owned and – even more rarely for a Grande Marque – it owns an impressive 242 hectares of vines

The rocky terrain provides a tough home for the vines and a unique minerality to the soil that comes through in the fruit they produce

sweet fruited and long

In 2018 he travelled to Spain and Italy to attend the International Terroir Congress in Zaragoza and explore the beauty of Mt Etna and diversity of its wine growing areas

all wines are bottled with screwcap closures

"The famous winery's 'standard' pinot noir is a distinguished wine

renowned for his research on fossil insects and yabbies