2016 Cullen ‘Kevin John’ Chardonnay

96 Points - James Halliday, Wine Companion

“Hand-picked from low-yielding 40yo estate vines, whole-bunch pressed, wild-fermented in barrel, including mlf, matured for 10 months. Bright straw-green; in best Cullen style, a wine that balances richness and complexity with freshness. The flavours focus on white peach, nectarine and fig, with creamy notes offset by citrussy acidity, and the new French oak integrated. Drink by 2026.”

96 Points - Campbell Mattinson, The Wine Front

“It evokes a certain reverence. I don’t mean by the label, or the status, but by the taste of it in the glass. It’s such a gorgeous thing; nothing quite beguiles like the fruits of nature. Peaches, rich with sunshine; grapefruit, all pulp and gravity; the cool of lime; the flush of sweet spices; a beach littered with nuts and sweet biscuits and flint. It’s Margaret River Chardonnay and it never shies from it; why would it. It’s flavoursome. It’s silky and succulent, sunny, seductive. You just kind of swoon your way from one glass to the next. Quality is prime. Drink 2019-2024+”