Cullen Diana Madeline 2019 750ml

“87% Cabernet Sauvignon, 7% Merlot, 3% Cabernet Franc, 2% Malbec, 1% Petit Verdot.

Really deep crimson! So suave and sophisticated! Still very youthful but clearly very ambitious and this should last a very long time. Dry and savoury with the nose just starting to evolve. Too tannic to open yet but with very honest ingredients.” Jancis Robinson, Jancis Robinson. (2022)

Scott Henry trellis Vanya Cullen believes that the conversion to biodynamic viticulture has produced better fruit. Frost reduced the yields. Harvest began on 20 March and finished on 3 April. Yields were lower than 2018. Hand-picked fruit. Each variety was fermented separately with indigenous yeasts. Fermentation time ranged from 10 to 29 days before the wine was gently basket-pressed to barrel. It matured for 15 months in French oak, of which 45% was new, in a mixture of ‘biodynamic’ barriques and puncheons. Screwcap. TA 5.5 g/l, pH 3.69. Carbon neutral, certified biodynamic, certified organic, sustainable, vegetarian, vegan.