Historical Products

This is a wine defined by great purity, elegance and a fantastic acid backbone: a vintage destined for great ageing potential.

As usual, this blend contains a greater volume of Sauvignon Blanc than Semillon, which reflects the outstanding qualities of the fruit produced by the former variety on the Cullen Vineyard. We picked at optimal ripeness with harvest conditions quite similar to 2015 resulting in elegant wines and displaying beautiful fruit purity.

This quality wine was produced on a certified Biodynamic, Carbon Neutral and naturally powered estate. Chenin Blanc was planted on the Cullen Vineyard Estate in 1976. This dessert wine is made from hand picked cane cut grapes with the fruit quality being exceptional, reflecting an excellent growing season.

When this wine was first tasted after it had been in bottle for a while, it was immediately evident that this Chardonnay is destined for a future that will place it in the upper echelon of the Kevin John Chardonnays produced thus far.

Dry farmed Malbec grapes were handpicked at the Mangan Vineyard and naturally fermented, then destemmed into a 300L Amphora. Pressed after 95 days on the skins, the wine was aged 6 months in 1 year old French oak.

Harvested on a Fruit Day, whole bunch pressed and aged in Biodnamic Fruit Barrels giving full fruit flavour and character.  The wines have not been fined or filtered and were bottles straight from barrel.

Whole bunch pressed and fermented with wild yeast in Flower Day Barrels. The oak was harvested and coopered on a Flower Day according to the biodynamic calendar. We find this gives the wine a more minerality and line.

Another great season for our vineyards and our 1976 Chardonnay vines produced some incredible fruit.

Chenin Blanc was planted on the Cullen Vineyard Estate in 1976 which is a certified Biodynamic, Carbon Neutral and naturally powered estate.