Leeuwin Estate is one of Australia’s most respected family-owned wineries and a founding member of the Margaret River region. In 1972, Napa legend Robert Mondavi saw the potential of the land and helped founders Denis and Tricia Horgan turn their cattle farm into a vineyard. Just a few years later, the 1981 “Art Series” Chardonnay earned top honours from Decanter Magazine, putting Leeuwin on the world wine map. Today, Leeuwin exports to over 30 countries and makes wines that rival the best in the world.

The “Art Series” is Leeuwin’s flagship range, featuring its richest and most age-worthy wines. Each bottle is adorned with original paintings by leading Australian artists. Both the Art Series Chardonnay and Cabernet Sauvignon hold a prestigious place in Langton’s Classification of Australian Wine, a ranking based on demand, collectability, and auction success. The Chardonnay even holds a rare ‘1st Classified’ status, reserved for Australia’s finest wines competing on the global stage.

James Halliday, Australia’s top wine critic, includes Leeuwin in his ‘Top 100 Australian Wineries’ and praises it as “a class act” that produces some of the country’s best Chardonnay and Cabernet Sauvignon, along with other standout wines like Shiraz, Prelude Chardonnay, and Riesling. Leeuwin’s ‘Siblings’ range reflects the passion of the family’s next generation.

Internationally, Leeuwin has earned a place in Wine & Spirits Magazine’s Hall of Fame as an ‘International Winery of the Year.’ Its Art Series Chardonnays have appeared multiple times in the Wine Spectator Top 100 Wines, with the 2011 vintage ranking #5 in 2015. The Art Series Cabernet Sauvignon has been named among Decanter Magazine’s Top 50 wines and featured in Wine & Spirits’ Top 100 wines. The estate is also known for its award-winning restaurant and visitor experiences that celebrate wine, food, and art.

Guided by two generations of the founding family and a skilled winemaking team, Leeuwin Estate continues to craft wines that are icons of Australian wine and loved worldwide.

100% Cabernet Sauvignon. Deep, dark, and black core of fruit centered upon currants, blueberries, dark cherries, and cassis. Black cardamom, nutmeg, tobacco, cumin, and well-integrated oak surround and support an incredibly rich dense nose. Impressive weight and texture are at the forefront, powerfully fruited in the black and blue fruit spectrum combine with cacao, roasted coffee bean, and anise. The length is infinite and defined by bright acidity, powder-like tannins, and diligent oak.

After berry sorting, cold soak, and maceration, pumping over three times daily, the wine pumped to French barriques for malolactic fermentation and 9 months maturation. The Art Series range has a clear family approach to each wine, a focus, and sophistication that brings certainty to its long-term maturity. ~97 James Halliday

The 2016 Art Series Cabernet Sauvignon is a fierce wine with layers of tannins, yet the fruit manages to be supple and fresh on the mid-palate. It's leafy and brooding and dark, with cassis, resin, tar and star anise, hints of blackberry and tobacco and a mineral skeleton of fine tannins; it feels of the earth and place. There's nice clarity too. It is fresh, in its way, and certainly has a very long road ahead of it. Sealed under screw cap. ~96 Robert Parker's Wine Advocate

This has poise and balance with a sweeter fruit spot in the middle balanced by those slightly more assertive tannins. Chalky with excellent structure. The tannins really show here on the finish which is symptomatic of this vintage. This is a powerful wine of tremendous poise and presence. Firmly structured with a rigid backbone that sustains a very long finish. ~95 Western Australian Wine Guide

Impressively curated cabernet with cedar and tobacco aromas framing bright red berries, as well as bergamot, black tea, red plums, and violets. The palate has a smooth, succulent, and elegantly juicy shape and such fine, taut, and layered tannins that carry so long and pure. Superb cab with power and elegance. Best from 2024. ~94 James Suckling

Just 1% Malbec in the blend here, and again nine months of barrel maturation before blending and further maturation in Bordelais barrels, 50% new, for a total time in barrel of 22 months. From a dry-grown vineyard, the gravelly Block 8, which is the original 1975 planting. More luscious aromatically, a deeper, more plush black fruit character, some tobacco spice and curry spice notes, a touch of herbaceous character way in the background just to add an edge. In the mouth it is supple and luscious again, but there's a tart, firm and grippy plum-skin grip to this too, very tight tannins, and a lovely cherry acidity that adds tang and juiciness. Lots of substance here, great balance, and should be a wine for extended cellaring. A beautiful wine. ~94 Tom Caravan