2023 Cullen Kevin John Chardonnay
‘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.’ Read more
Critic Reviews
‘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.’
#1 Margaret River Chardonnay from 2023 vintage
Technical Attributes
- Producer: Cullen Wines
- Varietal: Chardonnay
- Region: Margaret River
- Alcohol: 13.5%
- Net volume: 750ml
- Vintage: 2023
- Cellar until 2038
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Style GuideDry Sweet
Tasting Notes
Colour: Straw Cellar: Enjoy now or for up to 20 years Bouquet: White flower, orange blossom, peach, nectarine vanilla, curry leaf, dried pear, grapefruit. Food: White fish, crayfish, prawns, herring Palate: Tightly bound fruit with phenolic tension at front sliding through to peach, nectarine, grapefruit flavours. Fantastic fruit power and length and firm clean finish.
Winemakers Note
Vineyard: 100% Cullen Vineyard
Varieties: 100% Chardonnay
Harvest: Picked on fruit and flower days between the 6th and 24th February including one pick on a full Moon, Moon opposite Saturn Fruit day and a Super Moon New Moon flower day.
Oak: 8 months in 80% new oak
Alcohol: 13.5%
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