Cullen Kevin John Chardonnay 2009
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South Melbourne
Out of Stock
Essendon
Out of Stock
The (biodynamically grown) grapes are hand picked over the
course of a couple of weeks, at a variety of ripeness levels. They are then wild
yeast fermented – as they have been at Cullen for many years. This wine
announces its quality instantly.
The flavours aren’t flashy or obvious but the first sip made me
lean back in the chair and whisper Wow. It’s hard to describe why, though the
wine’s piercing length is the main suspect. There are flavours of mineral and
grapefruit, ripe pear and tropical fruit. There’s some creamy oak to be enjoyed
too. But all these flavours feel refined and controlled. It’s a quiet but
immensely confident wine. There’s a lot of lemony, spicy push through the
finish. And it has both a sunniness and a seriousness. It is, undeniably, an
outstanding chardonnay.
CAMPBELL MATTINSON, The Wine
Front