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Cullen Kevin John Chardonnay 2023

WINE FRONT 96 POINTS!
POWERFUL, TEXTURAL AND SCARCE, ONE OF THE VERY BEST AUSTRALIAN CHARDONNAYS

 

"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.

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." - Wine Front

 

"White flower, orange blossom, peach, nectarine vanilla, curry leaf, dried pear, grapefruit. Tightly bound fruit with phenolic tension at front sliding through to peach, nectarine, grapefruit flavours. Fantastic fruit power and length and firm clean finish.

The 2023 Kevin John is a powerful, bold, textural, example of a point in the journey with no end of discovering terroir through biodynamics. Picked across three weeks according to the biodynamic calendar, capturing fruit and flower days, from a full Moon, Moon opposite Saturn astral event to the new moon flower day in late February.

Hand harvested, whole bunch basket pressed.  Fermented in concrete egg, amphorae and biodynamic puncheons. Eight months maturation in biodynamic oak puncheons of which 80% were new, bottled without fining or filtration. Made from 100% dry farmed biodynamically certified Wente/Gin Gin clone planted on their 1976-1988. Yield 1.7 tons per hectare. Will age well for 20 years under screwcap in the new lightweight bottle." - Cullen

 

Farming   Organic   Biodynamic   Vegan-friendly   Sustainably-made  


Country:
Australia
Region:
WA- Margaret River
Variety:
Wine White - Chardonnay
Size:
750mL

$185.00