Cullen Kevin John Chardonnay 2025

This sits outside the usual frame of Margaret River Chardonnay. Every year. A singular fruit profile, and a formidable texture that sets it apart. Orange cantaloupe, almond cream, beeswax and flake salt. Honeyed, with ginger spice that nods to ancient winemaking traditions. As if Cullen has been handed a broader, more universal language of wine. In the mouth, the biodynamic fruit shows beeswaxed texture with fine phenolic grip, carried by a fine chalky acid line. It tightens through the palate, still very young, and finely detailed. Concentration is there, but controlled and poised. Cumquat, salted white peach, white pepper and rolled oats. The line expands, wrapped in terracotta-like texture. The finish is long and sustained. A wine that invites you to overcomplicate the language around it.