Cullen Diana Madeleine

About This Wine

“Vanya Cullen has taken her Cabernet Merlot to the top echelon of Australian Cabernet through dogged determination, curiosity and superb technical skills. The exemplary vineyard site is planted on ancient granitic soils…Cullen has adopted the principles of biodynamic viticulture to achieve greater individuality of site through working with nature rather than against it. Diana Madeline Cabernet Merlot is pure bottled philosophy.” -Andrew Caillard, Langtons Fine Wines. The 2007 Cullen Diana Madeleine is deep, bright-hued purple. Expansive aromas of dark berry preserves, cherry pit, incense, black pepper, candied rose and spicecake, along with hints of pipe tobacco and vanilla that emerge as the wine opens up. Seamless and broad on the palate, offering wonderfully concentrated yet lively smoke-tinged black and blue fruit, floral pastille and spicecake flavors lifted by a bright mineral flourish. Shows outstanding energy and sharp delineation on the strikingly long, floral- and mineral-accented finish, which is given shape by dusty, fine-grained tannins. There's 40% new French oak here and it plays in superb harmony with the wine's pure, expressive fruit. (Drink between 2026-2037) 96 points Vinous