Leeuwin Estate is one of the founding wineries of the now famous Margaret River district.
 
In 1972, legendary Napa Valley winemaker, Robert Mondavi, first identified the future site of the Leeuwin vineyard as being ideal for the production of premium wine and provided early mentorship to Denis and Tricia Horgan who founded Leeuwin Estate in 1974. The initial vineyards were planted by hand over a five year period from 1975. Maintaining a team of highly skilled and dedicated winemakers, Leeuwin Estate is now under the direction of two generations of the founding family.

This really shows some vibrant juicy sweet red fruit characters, which is a product of the vintage. The tannins have a firm astringency on the finish. There's an almost raspberry-red-cordial-like character here with vibrant, high energy fruit flavours. A very pretty wine of high perfumes. Mineral graphite and perfumed. It also contains a small but important amount of malbec, which adds some colour and spice. Date: Feb 2023; Rating: 95 Points; Ray Jordan