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Producer | Leeuwin |
Country | Australia |
Varietal | Cabernet Sauvignon |
Vintage | 2019 |
Sku | 210000020681 |
Size | 750ml |
It’s masterful to craft a wine that is structured, detailed, powerful and concentrated, and yet, it feels effortless. Mulberries, cassis, warm spices, violets and cedary oak come together in harmony while the tannins sashay across the palate. Flavours persist, as does the finish, and it will age beautifully but hard to resist now. Impressive wine.
The 2019 Art Series Cabernet Sauvignon has admirable fruit presence in the mouth. As an immediate follow on from the great 2018 vintage, the 2019 vintage was cooler and wetter, but the average quality across the region was excellent. In many corners, the quality is argued as being on par with the 2019; it comes down to a matter of preference. Here, the wine is elegant and fine, very aromatic. It's an excellent wine and a clear statement about the direction and refinement of the Cabernet program at Leeuwin.
Rating: 96+
This cuvee has improved with global warming, promoting better ripening patterns in Margaret River’s southern sector where this address lies. Still, elements of pimento and verdant garden herbs are slotted in amidst aromas of red and blackcurrant, lilac, sage, black olive and thyme. There is much to love about this wine, almost resembling a riper Loire franc. While the astringent gristle should tone with bottle age, I am tasting what’s in front of me. This should age reasonably well, even if rather green as it stands. Drinkable now, but best from 2026.
A subtle streaked bacon note perches atop red and blue fruit, smudged in savory spice, eucalypt, tobacco and vanillin oak character. The palate balances power with freshness via chalky, slightly drying tannins and crunchy acidity. Still young, and in a somewhat reticent phase at the moment, this is nonetheless a regionally and varietally expressive drop that should age a decade or more.