'Probably the most awarded Chardonnay in the history of Australia'

It is always complex, elegant and long-lived; it is regularly acclaimed as Australia's finest white wine. Its international reputation was sealed in the 1980s when Decanter voted it the World’s Best Chardonnay, and it's been going strong ever since. As wine writer Mark Davidson puts it, 'Leeuwin Estate Art Series Chardonnay is absolutely stunning, and probably the most awarded Chardonnay in the history of Australia'. 

Leeuwin Estate goes back to 1972. Denis and Tricia Horgan hadn’t even thought about making wine until Napa Valley legend Robert Mondavi turned up and tried to buy their Margaret River cattle ranch. Mondavi thought the ranch had unbeatable potential for winemaking: slopes with the right aspect on a bedrock of ancient soils, in a zone where the Mediterranean climate enjoyed marked maritime influence. The Horgans didn’t sell, but Mondavi became a friend and mentored them for years. 

And the Horgans made an inspired choice when they planted the 'GinGin' Chardonnay clone. GinGin had been imported from California, where it had never done especially well, but it adapted perfectly to conditions in Margaret River (where it has become the local standard). It gives pristine and intense fruit which comfortably eats up the oak influence from the new Bordeaux-coopered barrels that Leeuwin use to raise the wine. In the words of Leeuwin Senior Winemaker Tim Lovett, in 2022 Margaret River saw 'an epic vintage' of clear, bright days and cold nights. That leaves the 2022 Leeuwin Art Series Chardonnay as another stunning iteration of a world-class wine. /NT

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