Cullen (Diana Madeline) Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot 1999

Cullen (Diana Madeline) Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot 1999James Halliday Top 100 Wines of 2001 Cullen is an iconic Margaret River winery and the Diana Madeline is their flagship red wine. It is famed for its quality and consistency, is sought after by collectors world wide and is a worthy regional benchmark. It is a classic Cabernet Sauvignon dominant Bordeaux blend grown on an exemplary vineyard. By1999 Cullen had changed to total organic viticultural practices and was well down the path to Organic

Rough pass filtered and naturally fined

Right from the outset

is located on a north-east-facing slope

like sucking on a pebble

"  Fox Creek

the palate lives up to the promise of the colour

and this the inaugural release

The 2009 was the inaugural vintage of the Block 1 Shiraz

That’s the prism through which all my actions and decisions ultimately pass

I am also getting repairs and maintenance completed for the change of season and mapping out the next 6-12 months

daphne and boronia florals grading into clear-cut cherry fruit

with layers of complexity that linger in the mouth