LEEUWIN
2015 PRELUDE CHARDONNAY
MARGARET RIVER, AUSTRALIA
As one of the most iconic Chardonnays from the entire Southern Hemisphere, Leeuwin has built a reputation for a style that perfectly reflects the new and old world. With Burgundian complexity and keen acidity, marrying perfectly with new world weight and power, Leeuwin is no stranger to high scores… Even their value-priced Prelude Chardonnay has already earned nearly a half dozen 92-95 point ratings, and at around half the price of the winery’s upper-end Artist Series, it’s an unbeatable value.
Created from 100% Estate fruit grown inside Australia’s famed Margaret River district, the 2015 Prelude was crafted under the guidance of two generations of winemakers. Spending just 9 months in French oak, the 2015 is wonderfully bright and lively across the palate, and beautiful expressions of ripe melon, honey dipped peach, Bosc pear and roasted hazelnut. Leeuwin’s Prelude Chardonnay is made in a style that should appeal to just about anyone with a pulse…
LEEUWIN
2015 PRELUDE CHARDONNAY
MARGARET RIVER, AUSTRALIA
Retails at: $46.00/btl
Your Price: $34.99/btl
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“If you didn’t know about its Art Series sibling, you would be perfectly happy to accept this as a high class part of the Leeuwin Estate portfolio (which in a sense it is). A beautifully balanced wine, in terms both of its suite of stone fruit, citrus and pear flavors, and of the subtle barrel-ferment oak inputs. Its length is no less impressive.”
95 Points
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“From one of Margaret River’s leading Chardonnay producers, the 2015 Prelude doesn’t disappoint. It’s a nutty, smokey, toasty, melony beauty. Perfectly in balance, with a chalky texture and medium to light body, it wears its heart on its sleeve and is drinking perfectly now, but will gain more even more complexity with a few years in bottle. Drink now-2022.”
92 Points, Editor’s Choice
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DOMAINE de CHANTEMERLE
PREMIER CRU CHABLIS
2016 FOURCHAUME
Your Price: $34.99/btl
Unfolding sensually in the glass, Adhemar & Francis Boudin’s Premier Cru Fourchaume is a whole new level of detail and delineation. Layers of honeyed melon, apple pie, and ripe peaches caress the palate with sheer purity and beautiful focus. A host of juicy nectarines, orange blossom and jasmine emerge from the glass with vibrant energy.
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DOMAINE De BEAURENARD
CHATEAUNEUF du PAPE
BLANC AC, 2016
Your Price: $44.99/btl
From The Wine Spectator, “Delicious pear, green apple and green melon flavors show both a creamy and a racy feel, while light meringue, acacia and honeysuckle notes fill in through the finish. Thoroughly delicious. Drink now through 2022…”
94 Points
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