John Willison

9.3

Nectarine, white peach, rhubarb, herbal. Local summer. IYKYK. — 7 months ago

Vin d’Ottawa

9.2

A go to value wine.

This is Marcel Diess’ entry level wine. Many of his wines go for hundreds. The thing is, he has no clue how to make an entry level wine and this is just amazing.

Get it and it’s nectarine juiciness before the secret is out. — 2 years ago

John Willison

9.1

White pear, white peach, nectarine, crushed stone, white pepper, high acidity. Expensive Rose. May or may not be worth it. — 3 years ago

Severn Goodwin

9.2

Nose has lemon zest with some pith, over-ripe pear, quinine, crushed limestone and lemon slice.

Palate has candied lemon, dehydrated lemon, under-ripe nectarine (or any yellow stonefruit), faint orange flesh note on the medium finish, clean.

A great wine to enjoy by a roaring fire in the chiminea this sunny afternoon. — 3 years ago

Ellen Clifford

9.0

Charming and easy to drink but with some saline complexity. Mineral nose, same on the palate it with all sorts of white nectarine and golden delicious goodness. — 2 years ago

Shay A

9.4

In keeping with the Aussie theme from a recent Grange dinner (1997-2001, 1998 was the clear winner), this was brought as a starter.

With about 9yrs on it, this is the oldest Leeuwin Art Series Chardonnay I’ve had, and I’m impressed at the evolution. Slightly reductive (sweet smoke) upon opening, but it added great character. Color was a beautiful deep yellow (but not oxidized gold). Tropical (white peach, nectarine) but also honeyed cashews and honeysuckle aromatically. Great depth on the mid-palate with added tropical notes carried by faint oak but a distinct mineral driven finish. Drinking beautifully. Wish I had more. — 2 years ago

Severn Goodwin

9.0

Nose has candied pineapple, very ripe nectarine, straw bale, white/yellow flowers and lemon peel.

Palate has tangerine zest, Mandarin orange slice, under-ripe peach, wet river rocks, slightly waxy texture with a short finish.

Decanted 2H.
A quite youthful bottle, revisit 2026+

On point with the Spätlese style connection per Vinous comments.

Paired to Chicken Adobo (Milk Street recipe) and I'm convinced that coconut milk ingredient dishes are a perfect match to Riesling. — 3 years ago

Roberto Carli

9.9

This is “will never forget the first time I tried it” level. Definitely greatest wine I’ve ever tasted in its category, possibly best sweet wine. Starts much paler than I expected, light gold. Nose is a journey, surprises with freshness, liveliness though with the highest concentration imaginable. White peach, white nectarine, lychee, rose water, intense white florals, an after-rain sense of freshness. On the palate yet another surprise: so much minerality (!!!) that the intensity gets carried by bright, almost riesling-like acidity and the insane amount of sugar is so well balanced that it’s barely noticeable until the crazy long finish. What a ride!!! — 2 years ago

Jeroen Koenen

9.6

Nectarine, vanilla, oak, honeysuckle, oats and caramel-cookiedough.
Voluptuous, sexy yet noble and refined.
Fantastic. — 3 years ago

ESF

9.3

See previous note: wow how this has improved, acidity smoothed out, much more lush full bodied, pronounced nectarine, guava & kiwi nose & palate mingled w/mineral. Absolutely delicious & what I hope for w/aTurbiano — 3 years ago