Leeuwin Estate, Art Series Cabernet Sauvignon, Margaret River

Leeuwin Estate · Western Australia › Margaret River › Australia

Red · Cabernet Sauvignon

Critics

91 /100

Reviews

professional

Vintages

No vintages

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Community Reviews

Reviews

90.6

Avg Score

Highest

Bright blackcurrant fruit with a minty edge. Cocoa and tobacco. Great freshness on the palate with fine tannins. Dried blackcurrant and vanilla emerge on the persistent finish. Drink now or hold.

2011 vintage

At the end of it’s peak now, on the downslope but very enjoyable. Mature but complex intense nose of rich plummy fruit. If only the palate had matched the intensity this would have been 3-4 points higher. Pnp and consumed relatively quickly before and during dinner so not sure if this might have put on more weight if we had left it to decant for awhile.

2011 vintage

NobleRottersSydney - Marg River & Great Southern (Fix, St James, Sydney) : {screwcap, 13.5%} [DavidH] Vivid garnet. Black olive and currants. Subtle oak only. Soft and very drinkable palate. Fruit-driven it seems, never unripe; medium acid, medium dusty tannins, medium weight. Good, even palate balance. Even, medium-length palate. At a stroke has swept away all the prejudice I held against this label from the nasty greens vintages they offered through the 80s, 90s, right up to about twenty years ago. …

2011 vintage

On day two really came around to have a beautiful black currant character to it. Supple on the palate, with a touch of a green edge, but in a pretty way.

2011 vintage

At it's peak right now, tannins fully integrated. Wouldnt wait longer.

2011 vintage

Dark ruby color. Nose of cassis and blackberries with hints of oak and tones of wet forest floor. Medium acidity, fresh, good structure, elegant and fruity with cassis and blackberries. Nice tannins to keep this together, some bleached almond notes and some anise and oaky notes. Very enjoyable - this could evolve still and develop some tertiary notes. It’s fruity but elegant, enjoyable and easy to drink.

2011 vintage

Not sure what was different with this bottle from my last Save two years but found this quite green on the front palate and lingering with a tartness that finished like alum.

2011 vintage

Totally not ready yet-I’ll try in the next one in five years.

2011 vintage

Perth/ Margaret River Trip; 1/17/2019-1/20/2019 (Perth/ Margaret River) : Blackberry, cherry, teak wood, paprika. Fleshy, and manage to Feels a bit like a Right Bank Bordeaux...

2011 vintage

Very good wine for the price, a little low in alcohol, very well balanced and midium finish & body. I think this wine is at peak but may have a long life ahead.

2011 vintage

Complete surprise and as a PnP. Obviously a bit young and my rating is based upon drinking now rather than how this will mature (my guess 94-95 at maturity). This shows great purple fruit balanced by skin tannins and slight oaking. Terroir is evident but not prominent and shows up only at the mid finish through fade. I get some schist but otherwise mellow stone. At this age we get a little green vegetation that blows off quickly but also …

2011 vintage

Degustation Lunch with 'Museum' Wine Flight (Leeuwin Estate, Stevens Rd, Margaret River WA 6285, Australia) : Almost transparent purple-red. Nose is an immediate impression of red velvet curtains, rich Americans coffee, lots of oak but integrating well, hints of warm tarmac, ripe black plum, sandalwood.....I could smell this forever. Palate is gorgeously well-delineated lead pencil with fresh acidity, elegance but lots of power in a slightly dilute body, lovely blackberry fruit...the epitome of top-end Margaret RiverR Cabernet Sauvignon. Hints of …

2011 vintage

Un beau vin sur la fraicheur, en rondeur et franc de gout. Le nez est sur les fruits rouges et l`élevage avec un peu de poivrons. En bouche, du cassis, des fraises et du poivre avec des tannins assez fins sur une finale longue et opulente.

2011 vintage

Saturated, very dark ruby color; menthol, tart red currant nose; tart red currant, menthol palate with good balancing acidity; medium-plus finish 91+ points

2011 vintage

'02 was the winemaker mandate to make better cabernet and indeed, it was very expensive. Green and floral and a touch of tobacco. And apparently made by two very handsome men.

2011 vintage

Light bell pepper, cassis, touch soapy IMHO, dry, very tangy, light, sharp finish. Too lean. 88-89. Much prefer the Art Series Chard.

2011 vintage

TOuch violety and green a challenging cabernet but a darn good one.

2011 vintage

During a wine education dinner I hosted. Nose of dark fruit, lots of blueberry and cassis. Very fruity. Good mid mouth volume, not overly complex beyond the blue fruit spectrum, probably needs a bit more age for secondary aromas to emerge. Wait till 2018.

2011 vintage