2008 Leeuwin Estate Chardonnay Prelude

Community Tasting Notes (14) Avg Score: 89 points

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  4/1/2020 - Astronut wrote: 88 Points

  Good value for money. Still drinking well 2 years after ‘best last’ drinking date.

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  3/29/2020 - Astronut Likes this wine: 84 Points

  Good value for money and still tasting fine despite age

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  4/3/2014 - La Cave d'Argent Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Now with some bottle age, this medium gold wine is in full form. An intense and complex bouquet displays elements of spiced apple, citrus peel, dried herbs and honeydew. Medium-bodied, crisply acidic, and with well-integrated alcohol (listed as 14.5%), it offers flavors which mirror the nose. Mouth-filling and almost viscous in the middle, it concludes with very impressive length. This is an impeccably balanced Chardonnay which has rewarded cellaring. Showing no evidence of "fatigue" at this point, it should provide pleasure for at least another 3-4 years. Drink now-2018.

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  1/26/2014 - Will Devize wrote: 91 Points

  Despite its pedigree, there is a generic simplicity to this wine which is rather endearing. There is an explosion of honeysuckle, tangerine and watermelon with some creamy oak notes on the finish. Well-balanced, ripe and delivered with much bombast, this made for great drinking with a garlicky chicken and celeriac remoulade dish.

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  7/13/2013 - AMC Eagle wrote: 90 Points

  Light-medium straw in colour. Peaches, butter, and pineapples on the nose. A bright chard with bright buttered stoney pineapples with a hint of oak with the acidity to help with the balance. Got this for under 20 bucks which is a decent price, and to echo the previous reviewer, would not buy if it were $30.

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