My team limped into a Friday night AFL preliminary final, I contacted my father to make sure a good red wine befitting a preliminary final was available. My old man made an excellent selection with a 1995 Leeuwin Estate Art series cabernet sauvignon that didn’t disappoint.

According to the notes, the 95 Art series cabernet sauvignon holds chalky, mineral edge to the expressive nose – this has somewhat softened on this excellent aged wine. The 95 Art series held a perfect balance of lush berry fruit and chunky savouriness. The tannic structure has softened along with some minerality that has resided; the fruit is beginning to fade just a tad and is still drinking well in 2015. The 95 Art series described as somewhat more complex than the 1996 and a little more restrained – this was an excellent drop. Unfortunately, the game didn’t pan out how I had hoped but it didn’t stop both of us from enjoying this excellent example of Leeuwin Estate cabernet sauvignon.