2018 Leeuwin Estate ‘Art Series’ Cabernet Magnum

Leeuwin Estate have released magnums from their museum stock, these wines are treasures and are incredibly sought after…

Top 100 Wines of Australia 2022 - James Suckling

99 Points, Andrew Caillard MW – The Vintage Journal
Deep crimson. Classical blackcurrant cedar aromas with lifted espresso, roasted chestnut notes. Inky deep and beautifully concentrated wine with dense blackcurrant, dark plum, dark chocolate flavours, fine grainy/chocolaty tannins and perfectly integrated cedar oak. A superb grainy firm finish and mineral length. A great Leeuwin Estate Cabernet. Now–2040.

97 Points, Erin Larkin – Halliday Wine Companion (Special Value Wine ★)
This was a freak vintage in the hands of many winemakers in WA, capable of power, balance, ripeness and glory. This has pomegranate, red licorice and peppered raspberry. The fruit flavours, while slinky and seductive, are not the major player here. And that is saying something.

The key to the brilliance of this wine, like the ’14, the ’10 and to some extent the ’05 before it, is the texture. The tannins. They are tightly woven, very fine and serve to support the fruit and the acid. This wine is built on a stable scaffold of tannin that both cushions the experience and defines it. What a wine. Drink by 2042.

97 Points, Ray Jordan – Wine Pilot
One of the last wines released from the great 2018 Margaret River vintage, this has to be one of the finest cabernets yet from Leeuwin. Supremely balanced and poised with stylish lines through to a very long finish.

Scented aromas of cedar and leafy blackcurrant with a trace of oyster shell. The palate is quite brilliant with the distinct chalky tannins and super fine-grained oak holding the fruit gently to its extended finish. Great wine here. Drink: 2022–2040.