Frédéric organically manages the 25-year-old vines
even a little pleasing bitterness at the finish
and he said
with a pure
98 points - Erin Larkin (Robert Parker Wine Advocate)
2022 Leeuwin Estate Art Series Chardonnay 750ml Bottle Rheinessen Frédéric organically manages the 25-year-oldThis seems, at least to me, to hark back to what might be called a more old school classic LEAS style. And that will make many people very happy, no doubt. Pear, grapefruit, Teddy Bear biscuits, cedar, vanilla, clove and ginger oak laying it on pretty thick, though the fruit power is there to take it. Its juicy, honey drizzled pear, citrus, a firm chalk dust grip, with a lively grapefruit cut of acidity, some lime and lime rind richness here too, with