Cullen Wines Legacy Flower Day Sauvignon Blanc 2021
G 96
Just when you come out with a mike-drop pronouncement, along comes the very next wine to make you look like an idiot. There may just be a better Savvy or Sauvignon Blanc/Semillon blend than the Grace Madeline made in Australia, and it would be this wine. Very much in the worked, complex style, the wine spent two days on skins in a red fermenter. From low-yielding, old vines, the wine spent time maturing in oak, 50% of which was new. A deep yellow colour, there would be very few Sauvignon Blancs of this age available anywhere in Australia, but it does show that the grape does have the potential to age when done well. The nose gives hints of spices and herbs with citrus, melon, pears and bright minerality. A fascinating style with near perfect balance, the wine has good length and underlying concentration throughout, through to a crisp finish. It still has at least six to eight years of pleasure ahead of it. Drink now–2032 Domaine Naturaliste Morus Cabernet Sauvignon 2022 G 96 An intoxicating wine with cassis, kirsch, and shiso mint wafting in the breeze. A blueberry bush and some coils of potting soil and pebbly river floor. Just hitting its straps, with decades ahead of it. Tannins persist in finely woven fabric; it’s gilded in pedigree and fruit quality. A stunning wine. Drink now–2038 Domaine Naturaliste Purus Chardonnay 2024 G 96 Winter melon, pear core and white peach. This is stony and full of limestone water and crystalline mineral energy. Almost like drinking river water off a stone. But lean and mean is not the game here; instead the palate is met with creamy almond meal, sliced ripe nectarines, and a haze of lacey phenolics. There is a core of lanolin, some mouth-watering acidity and a long finish of white pepper. A joyous vintage of Purus. Drink now with raw scallop eaten from the half shell. Drink now–2035
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