2025 Kevin John Legacy Series Solstice Sun
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2025 Kevin John Legacy Series Solstice Sun

2025 Kevin John Legacy Series Solstice Sun

Vintage 2025 at Cullen began in early February after a warm, dry growing season. Unusually warm conditions in May 2024 triggered a rare “double budburst” in Chardonnay, naturally reducing yields and resulting in small crops with beautifully concentrated fruit. The whites show lifted perfume, texture, and depth, with softer natural acidity than 2024, while the Kevin John Chardonnay displays exceptional power and refinement.

Hand harvested from Block 1 Wente clone Chardonnay on a flower day and new Moon in late February in the same 48-hour windows as the Solstice Sun Cabernet. The bunches were placed in clay amphorae lined with beeswax for two days before pressing. The juice was then transferred to a biodynamic flower day puncheon to complete fermentation. Bottled unfined and unfiltered.

VINEYARD
100% Cullen Vineyard
VARIETIES
100% Chardonnay
HARVEST
28th January New Moon Flower Day
OAK
7 months in biodynamic 100% new oak
ALCOHOL
13.5%
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Vintage 2025 at Cullen began in early February after a warm, dry growing season capped off by unusually warm conditions in May 2024 that triggered a rare “double budburst” in the Chardonnay – some shoots tried to wake up before winter, then again after, naturally reducing fruitfulness and leaving us with tiny crops and beautifully concentrated fruit. The was some bird pressure early, but the blossom came through halfway, and the birds seemed to disappear overnight.

The result is a set of whites with lifted perfume, texture and depth, slightly softer natural acidity than 2024 making them delicious even in their youth, and a Kevin John Chardonnay that looks especially powerful and refined.

There was no pause before the reds rolled in, and the long, even ripening delivered another brilliant season for Cabernet: dense, savoury and classically structured. Across the board, 2025 trades the sheer heat and power of 2024 for classical perfume and balance. These wines will drink beautifully now and evolve gracefully in the cellar. For more on the 2025 vintage click HERE

  • Colour: Golden straw with green tinges
  • Cellar: Enjoy now or for up to 15 years
  • Bouquet: and dried vanilla bean, with a touch of flint and salinity unfolding vibrant notes of fresh chestnuts and hazelnuts, showing great depth, purity, and minerality
  • Food: Dhufish with brown butter, capers, hazelnut, and lemon thyme
  • Palate: persimmon, figs and quince, complemented by vibrant yet elegant citrus and dried pear aromas. The mid-palate reveals great minerality and phenolic tension, lingering with depth and capturing the essence of Wilyabrup.

Vintage 2025 at Cullen began in early February after a warm, dry growing season. Unusually warm conditions in May 2024 triggered a rare “double budburst” in Chardonnay, naturally reducing yields and resulting in small crops with beautifully concentrated fruit. The whites show lifted perfume, texture, and depth, with softer natural acidity than 2024, while the Kevin John Chardonnay displays exceptional power and refinement.

Hand harvested from Block 1 Wente clone Chardonnay on a flower day and new Moon in late February in the same 48-hour windows as the Solstice Sun Cabernet. The bunches were placed in clay amphorae lined with beeswax for two days before pressing. The juice was then transferred to a biodynamic flower day puncheon to complete fermentation. Bottled unfined and unfiltered.

Vintage Notes

Vintage 2025 at Cullen began in early February after a warm, dry growing season capped off by unusually warm conditions in May 2024 that triggered a rare “double budburst” in the Chardonnay – some shoots tried to wake up before winter, then again after, naturally reducing fruitfulness and leaving us with tiny crops and beautifully concentrated fruit. The was some bird pressure early, but the blossom came through halfway, and the birds seemed to disappear overnight.

The result is a set of whites with lifted perfume, texture and depth, slightly softer natural acidity than 2024 making them delicious even in their youth, and a Kevin John Chardonnay that looks especially powerful and refined.

There was no pause before the reds rolled in, and the long, even ripening delivered another brilliant season for Cabernet: dense, savoury and classically structured. Across the board, 2025 trades the sheer heat and power of 2024 for classical perfume and balance. These wines will drink beautifully now and evolve gracefully in the cellar. For more on the 2025 vintage click HERE

Tasting Notes
  • Colour: Golden straw with green tinges
  • Cellar: Enjoy now or for up to 15 years
  • Bouquet: and dried vanilla bean, with a touch of flint and salinity unfolding vibrant notes of fresh chestnuts and hazelnuts, showing great depth, purity, and minerality
  • Food: Dhufish with brown butter, capers, hazelnut, and lemon thyme
  • Palate: persimmon, figs and quince, complemented by vibrant yet elegant citrus and dried pear aromas. The mid-palate reveals great minerality and phenolic tension, lingering with depth and capturing the essence of Wilyabrup.
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