96 points Kenna Wells (Wine Advocate): "The 2021 Art Series Cabernet Sauvignon is lighter in color and tannic intensity than the 2020 tasted beside it. No surprise for the vintages that birthed these wines. The latter was sunny, hot and dry, while the 2021 season was decidedly cooler, with more cloud cover and rain. This wine bears the fruits of the diligent labor in the vineyards and is one of the shining lights in the region this year. There are notes of raspberry and nori, moss and petrichor, blood and forest floor. This is a lighter style of Cabernet—and a lovely one at that. Drink: 2025-2041. (3/13/25)"
96 points Jane Faulkner (Wine Companion): "One of the distinctive features of this wine, and in a way a DNA link to all Art Series cabernet, is its savouriness. It’s the rolled tobacco, nori, iodine and whiff of new leather plus the cedary oak, but these are not separate, they form a whole impression. There’s also the core of excellent fruit, the structure, the supple tannins and the bright acidity. And the joy of drinking it. (8/8/24)"
95 points James Suckling: "The nose is perfumed and lifted, showing aromas of blackcurrants, boysenberries, cedar, tobacco leaves and graphite. The full-bodied palate has finely integrated tannins and focused acidity, giving complex notes of mulberries, wild blackberries, mocha and spices. Wonderfully balanced and fresh with an underlying power. Drink or hold. Screw cap. (10/16/24)."
94 points Cassandra Charlick (Decanter): "Tightly bound nose, with good-quality oak wrapping cedar and spice around the fruit core. Salted plum, purple fruits, red berries, rosehip, rose florals, salted liquorice and crushed aniseed. Fruit is pert, fine and nimble, with chalky tannins, lithe acidity and graphite minerality. Time will reveal the underlying structure and strength. Drinking Window: 2024-2045. (6/7/24)"
93 points Jane Anson (Inside Bordeaux): "(98% Cabernet Sauvignon, 2% Malbec). A cooler and wetter year for the region put up challenges for Cabernet production. And while not as revered as 2020, 2021 still produced some wonderful ageworthy wines. Here we have a gentler Art Series expression with the aromas restrained and shy on first look. A waft of emergent sweet plum, dark cherry and gentle mulberry to start with a swirl of the glass unlocking cedar, subtle bay leaf, pencil lead, dried cranberry and a slightly vegetal tomato bush edge. The palate is in a similar mould with fruit notes akin to the nose coating the mouth along with savoury graphite and bay leaf. All of this before ribbons of gravelly tannins team up with fresh fruit-laced acidity to a clean and fresh close. This doesn't hit the heights of other Art Series Cabernets from the surrounding years, but it still carries trademark elegance, length and complexity. Alcohol 13.5%. Drink: 2027-2034. (3/22/25)"
Producer notes: "[$65 list] Blackcurrants and dark cherries dominate the nose, alongside anise, clove, cardamom, and bay leaf. The wine is highly lifted and perfumed with lavender and basil flowers on show. Drive, direction and line form the shape and frame of the palate. Dark forest fruits surround cedar, olives, and graphite. There is distinct minerality threaded within, leading to a fine finish, with length and complexity delivered by ripe, silky tannins."
96 points Jane Faulkner (Wine Companion): "One of the distinctive features of this wine, and in a way a DNA link to all Art Series cabernet, is its savouriness. It’s the rolled tobacco, nori, iodine and whiff of new leather plus the cedary oak, but these are not separate, they form a whole impression. There’s also the core of excellent fruit, the structure, the supple tannins and the bright acidity. And the joy of drinking it. (8/8/24)"
95 points James Suckling: "The nose is perfumed and lifted, showing aromas of blackcurrants, boysenberries, cedar, tobacco leaves and graphite. The full-bodied palate has finely integrated tannins and focused acidity, giving complex notes of mulberries, wild blackberries, mocha and spices. Wonderfully balanced and fresh with an underlying power. Drink or hold. Screw cap. (10/16/24)."
94 points Cassandra Charlick (Decanter): "Tightly bound nose, with good-quality oak wrapping cedar and spice around the fruit core. Salted plum, purple fruits, red berries, rosehip, rose florals, salted liquorice and crushed aniseed. Fruit is pert, fine and nimble, with chalky tannins, lithe acidity and graphite minerality. Time will reveal the underlying structure and strength. Drinking Window: 2024-2045. (6/7/24)"
93 points Jane Anson (Inside Bordeaux): "(98% Cabernet Sauvignon, 2% Malbec). A cooler and wetter year for the region put up challenges for Cabernet production. And while not as revered as 2020, 2021 still produced some wonderful ageworthy wines. Here we have a gentler Art Series expression with the aromas restrained and shy on first look. A waft of emergent sweet plum, dark cherry and gentle mulberry to start with a swirl of the glass unlocking cedar, subtle bay leaf, pencil lead, dried cranberry and a slightly vegetal tomato bush edge. The palate is in a similar mould with fruit notes akin to the nose coating the mouth along with savoury graphite and bay leaf. All of this before ribbons of gravelly tannins team up with fresh fruit-laced acidity to a clean and fresh close. This doesn't hit the heights of other Art Series Cabernets from the surrounding years, but it still carries trademark elegance, length and complexity. Alcohol 13.5%. Drink: 2027-2034. (3/22/25)"
Producer notes: "[$65 list] Blackcurrants and dark cherries dominate the nose, alongside anise, clove, cardamom, and bay leaf. The wine is highly lifted and perfumed with lavender and basil flowers on show. Drive, direction and line form the shape and frame of the palate. Dark forest fruits surround cedar, olives, and graphite. There is distinct minerality threaded within, leading to a fine finish, with length and complexity delivered by ripe, silky tannins."
| Product SKU | 354187 |
| Producer | Leeuwin |
| Country | Australia |
| Region | Western Australia |
| SubRegion | Margaret River |
| Varietal | Cabernet Sauvignon |
| Vintage | 2021 |
| Size | 750ml |
| Color | Red |
| ABV | 13.5% |
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