Current Releases
- 2009 Siblings Sauvignon Blanc Semillon
- 2009 Classic Dry White
- 2009 Art Series Sauvignon Blanc
- 2009 Art Series Riesling
- 2008 Prelude Vineyards Chardonnay
- 2008 Art Series Shiraz
- 2007 Siblings Shiraz
- 2007 Art Series Chardonnay
- 2006 Brut Pinot Noir Chardonnay
- 2005 Art Series Cabernet Sauvignon
- 2004 Prelude Vineyards Cabernet Merlot
Recent Releases
- 2008 Siblings Sauvignon Blanc Semillon
- 2008 Classic Dry White
- 2008 Art Series Sauvignon Blanc
- 2008 Art Series Riesling
- 2007 Siblings Sauvignon Blanc Semillon
- 2007 Prelude Vineyards Classic Dry White
- 2007 Prelude Vineyards Chardonnay
- 2007 Art Series Shiraz
- 2007 Art Series Sauvignon Blanc
- 2007 Art Series Riesling
- 2006 Siblings Shiraz
- 2006 Siblings Sauvignon Blanc Semillon
- 2006 Prelude Classic Dry White
- 2006 Prelude Vineyards Chardonnay
- 2006 Art Series Shiraz
- 2006 Art Series Sauvignon Blanc
- 2006 Art Series Riesling
- 2006 Art Series Chardonnay
- 2005 Siblings Shiraz
- 2005 Siblings Sauvignon Blanc Semillon
- 2005 Prelude Vineyards Classic Dry White
- 2005 Prelude Vineyards Chardonnay
- 2005 Brut Pinot Noir Chardonnay
- 2005 Art Series Shiraz
- 2005 Art Series Sauvignon Blanc
- 2005 Art Series Riesling
- 2005 Art Series Chardonnay
- 2004 Siblings Shiraz
- 2004 Siblings Sauvignon Blanc Semillon
- 2004 Prelude Vineyards Chardonnay
- 2004 Prelude Vineyards Classic Dry White
- 2004 Art Series Shiraz
- 2004 Art Series Chardonnay
- 2004 Art Series Cabernet Sauvignon
- 2004 Art Series Sauvignon Blanc
- 2004 Art Series Riesling
- 2003 Siblings Shiraz
- 2003 Siblings Sauvignon Blanc Semillon
- 2003 Prelude Vineyards Chardonnay
- 2003 Prelude Vineyards Cabernet Merlot
- 2003 Leeuwin Estate Brut
- 2003 Art Series Shiraz
- 2003 Art Series Cabernet Sauvignon
- 2003 Art Series Sauvignon Blanc
- 2003 Art Series Riesling
- 2003 Art Series Chardonnay
- 02/03 Prelude Vineyards Classic Dry White
- 2002 Siblings Shiraz
- 2002 Siblings Sauvignon Blanc Semillon
- 2002 Prelude Vineyards Chardonnay
- 2002 Prelude Vineyards Classic Dry White
- 2002 Prelude Vineyards Cabernet Merlot
- 2002 Art Series Shiraz
- 2002 Art Series Sauvignon Blanc
- 2002 Art Series Riesling
- 2002 Art Series Chardonnay
- 2002 Art Series Cabernet Sauvignon
- 2001 Siblings Shiraz
- 2001 Siblings Sauvignon Blanc Semillon
- 2001 Prelude Vineyards Classic Dry White
- 2001 Prelude Vineyards Cabernet Merlot
- 2001 Leeuwin Estate Brut
- 2001 Art Series Shiraz
- 2001 Art Series Sauvignon Blanc
- 2001 Art Series Riesling
- 2001 Art Series Pinot Noir
- 2001 Art Series Chardonnay
- 2001 Art Series Cabernet Sauvignon
- 2000 Siblings Shiraz
- 2000 Prelude Vineyards Cabernet Merlot
- 2000 Leeuwin Estate Brut
- 2000 Art Series Pinot Noir
- 2000 Art Series Chardonnay
- 2000 Art Series Cabernet Sauvignon
- 1999 Prelude Vineyards Cabernet Merlot
- 1999 Art Series Chardonnay
- 1999 Art Series Cabernet Sauvignon
- 1998 Leeuwin Estate Brut
- 1998 Art Series Chardonnay
- 1998 Art Series Cabernet Sauvignon
- 1997 Art Series Chardonnay
- 1997 Art Series Cabernet Sauvignon
- 1996 Art Series Chardonnay
- 1995 Art Series Chardonnay
- 1994 Art Series Chardonnay
- 1993 Art Series Chardonnay
- 1992 Art Series Chardonnay
- 1991 Art Series Chardonnay
- 1990 Art Series Chardonnay
- 1989 Art Series Chardonnay
- 1988 Art Series Chardonnay
- 1987 Art Series Chardonnay
- 1986 Art Series Chardonnay
- 1985 Art Series Chardonnay
- 1984 Art Series Chardonnay
- 1983 Art Series Chardonnay
- 1982 Art Series Chardonnay
- 1981 Art Series Chardonnay
- 1980 Art Series Chardonnay
2008 Prelude Vineyards Chardonnay
Winemaker's Tasting Notes
The colour is a vibrant brilliant straw with green edges.
The bouquet displays rich fresh apple pie, ripe pear, melon and some lovely brioche characters which combine to give intense pristine notes. These pristine notes carry over to the palate, which has been enhanced by lees stirring in barrel for 10 months which has created the creaminess on the palate at the same time protecting the fresh fruit flavours.
The wine is medium to full bodied with ripe pear skin, custard tart with a silky creaminess driven by the purity of the pear and melon fruit. The creaminess gives way to a tight and long acid structure which gives the wine backbone and provides the impeccable length. We have managed to again achieve a harmonious balance between the delicate fruit flavours and the specially selected French oak barriques.
This wine is showing all the hallmarks of the great Leeuwin Chardonnays, freshness and clean acid with intense fruit flavours as a young wine which will allow the wine flavours to develop in time in the bottle.
Comments
"90 points - A lively, refreshing style, delivering lots of apple, spice and lime flavors, mingling easily through the long, crisp finish. Drink now through 2012"Wine Spectator Insider, May 2010
"91 points - Bright yellow. Complex, heady bouquet of dried pear, melon, honey and botanical herbs, with a smoky mineral undertone. Spicy and precise on the palate, showing gently sweet honeydew and orchard fruit flavors with complicating notes of sage, licorice and white pepper. Very complex chardonnay with strong finishing bite and lingering sweetness."Josh Raynold, International Wine Cellar, July/August 2010
“A second label equal to most producers’ best, although the price (inevitably) reflects the quality; fragrant white peach and grapefruit aromas and flavours drive the wine, having soaked up the barrel ferment oak in the process; long, complete and perfectly balanced. Screwcap. 14.5% alc. Rating 94 To 2018”James Halliday, Australian Wine Companion, 2011 Edition
