Cullen Kevin John Flower Day Legacy Series Chardonnay 2024
Cullen Kevin John Flower Day Legacy Series Chardonnay 2024
$350, 13.5% alcohol, screwcap, Margaret River.
The 2024 vintage was pretty torrid in Margaret River – the grapes for this wine were picked in mid-January, which is incredibly early for the region – but it just goes to show that the right grape varieties, in the right places, managed the right way, have a near unerring ability to grow great wine, almost irrespective of the conditions the seasons throws at it. Obviously this statement is only true up to a point, but it’s a truth that Cullen routinely proves.
This wine, from the hot 2024 season, is rich in flavour and in texture. It feels and tastes like a beautiful wine, from the outset. It tastes of grilled peaches, dried apricots, fresh pears, cedar, spice and cream. It’s rich but it’s also juicy and, dare I say it, refreshing. It has momentum. There’s a subtle – very – flint note, and whispers too of hay, honey and meal. It’s incredibly delicious. I’m not certain that this release will age for as long as period as some previous Cullen chardonnay releases but, even so, I am certain that right now, this wine tastes profoundly good. 95 points.
Only 50 dozen produced.
