Pale, bright straw-green; fragrant grapefruit, melon and white peach aromas, the oak subtle and integrated, are followed by an exceptionally intense and long palate, the alcohol lost in the sea of flavour. Drink to 2022 , Screwcap, 14.5% alc. 96 points; James Halliday – The Weekend Australian November 13-14, 2010
Where do you start with Leeuwin chardonnay, consistently Australia's great chardonnay and some would argue our greatest white wine. This is typical of the style with delicate fine grapefruit and cereal nuances, lightly spice and cinnamon, plus a little creaminess. The palate is restrained (this was tasted eight months prior to release) yet there is the classic combination of power and delicacy. Although it was picked quite ripe it's still quite reserved. 97 Points; Cellar: 12 years Ray Jordan's 2010 WA Wine Guide
Classic Leeuwin dried pear with nectarine and plenty of spicy oak (that’s already looking unusually well integrated at such an early age, I might add) and savoury toasty flavours. There’s a particularly strong hazelnut flavour here too, that I really enjoy. It has very fine acidity and just a little warmth, but the weight and power smooths it out admirably. And yet for all that it’s not a heavy wine either and has a dashing sense of finesse and elegance. Length is exemplary with a spicy aftertaste. A top vintage, no doubt. Rated : 96 Points Tasted : Mar10 Alcohol : 14.5% Price : $95 Closure : Screwcap Drink : 2011 - 2017+ Gary Walsh; The Wine Front
Firmer and tighter than last year's '06, 2007 Art Series Chardonnay seems to have all of the attributes required to make it a must-have wine for any Chardonnay lover. There is finesse here and layers of fruit which peel gently away to reveal a golden core. Like the 2007s in Burgundy, this wine is built around its stunning, cliff-hanger acidity and naked energy. It is a crime to drink it early, but we don't mind a little flirting with the law! Matthew Jukes, 100 Best Australian Wines 2010.
While South-Eastern Australia ducks and dodges successive heatwaves, droughts, frost and bushfires, Margaret River coasts through one vintage-of-the-decade after another. Here comes along another epic Art Series, a beautiful confluence of zesty citrus and lemon curd with nutmeg, cinnamon spice and perfectly integrated cashew nut oak. The purity of its lemon blossom, grapefruit and just-picked white peach fruit completely engulfs 100 percent new oak. Lingering minerality completes a very pretty picture indeed. 96 Points; Tyson Stelzer