2021 Cullen Kevin John Chardonnay

Other Reviews....
Light straw-yellow hue; a complex bouquet of creamy lees-derived and dried fruit aromas plus biscuity oak and a little toastiness. It's bright and intense in the mouth, delicate and piercing, with intensity allied with superb refinement, a precision chardonnay of superior tension and finesse. Great depth of lemon/grapefruit flavour. Long, long carry. Beautiful to drink now and surely has a great future.
97 Points
Huon Hooke - The Real Review (June 2022)

Fruit for the 2021 Kevin John Chardonnay was picked over six dates (ranging from the 3rd of February to the 18th of February) on a range of flower and fruit days. Each pick was handled differently—a selection of basket pressing with and without whole bunches, into concrete eggs and French oak puncheons. The lower baume picks show startling numbers (acidity in Riesling territory); all of it went through wild fermentation and malolactic fermentation and matured for seven months before being bottled unfined and unfiltered. This is excellent, in short. The detail in the winemaking is obvious in the mouth—the acidity has been mitigated by the malolactic fermentation and is the source of the crushed nuts and toast undercurrent of flavor and intensity in the mouth. It billows, but it is also more "on the rails" than some of the previous, warmer vintages. This is very contained, yet true to the fruit power that defines the site. Drink 2022 - 2032.
97 Points
Erin Larkin - Robert Parker's Wine Advocate (July 2022)

I think Cullen wines are getting more distinctive, and different to other typical Margaret River wines year on year. That’s a very good thing in my book. “Fermented naturally in biodynamic barrels, concrete eggs and amphorae. This wine is matured in 35% new puncheons for 8 months before bottling without fining or filtration.”
The colour is pretty deep and bold, though that’s neither here nor there. Sea salt, violets, tangerine and white nectarine, aniseed, nutmeg and assorted sweet spices, a slight clay-like earthiness. It’s saline and bright, bursts with ripe acidity, a very ‘minerally’ feel to it, juicy lime and pink grapefruit, a firm chalk dust texture, and lime zest. Intense, really tight, with superb length. Almost a nod to Jura here. Such distinctive personality and so much charisma. It’s superb. Drink 2022 - 2030+
97 Points
Gary Walsh - The Wine Front (May 2022)