2023 Cullen Kevin John Chardonnay

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Regarded as one of Australia’s finest year after year, the Cullen Kevin John Chardonnay is a lesson in biodynamics. The #1 Margaret River Chardonnay of the vintage, this wine carries white flowers, orange blossom, ripe peach, and grapefruit, with a palate that moves seamlessly from tense, phenolic grip to a wave of citrus, stone fruit, and delicate spice. Aged in 80% new oak and crafted from dry-farmed, old vines, this 97-point masterpiece is built to evolve beautifully for decades.

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97 POINTS

James Suckling

I like this very much, the intensity dial turned down a notch, and there is an even flow of fruit-weight and freshness, with a curb of well-placed phenolics... An excellent Kevin John. From biodynamically grown grapes.

96 POINTS

Huon Hooke - The Real Review

Light-medium yellow colour, quite full in its youth; the bouquet shows toasted almond, cashew and coconut aromas, spicy oak and some fluffy yeast lees traces, while the palate is rich and generous, quite forward and giving, with an impresison of fruit sweetness and a clean finish with perfectly judged phenolics giving it an appetising conclusion. A rich, generous and quite open-knit style of chardonnay that's already drinking well.

96 POINTS

Gary Walsh - The Wine Front

‘Made from 100% dry farmed biodynamically certified Wente/Gin Gin clone planted between 1976 and 1988. Australian Chardonnay is so good. Now packaged in a lighter bottle weighing 360 grams, as opposed to the old one which was 560 grams. Very good. Well done. Now lets get rid of those ‘flagship’ (usually red, aspirational, and anachronistic) wines weighing in at nearly 1kg… As an aside, I taste nearly all wines from a Plumm Three No.3 Burgundy glass these days, such a pleasing and durable glass. For light whites and sparkling, I tend to use Gabriel glass. Peach and dried pear, plenty of spice, cedar, brittle toffee and vanilla, cumquat, lime and white flower. It’s a powerful expression of Wilyabrup Chardonnay, intense in acidity and flavour, it has spice and plenty of grip, lime nougat, a milk powder richness, and a bold finish of excellent length. Positively dripping with golden flavour and energy, but so very good.’