NOTES

Cullen's best known wine, this blend is included in the prestigious Langton’s Classification of Australian wines. The vines planted in 1971 are over 30 years old. On average the yields are around two tons per acre, or 26 hectoliters per hectare, giving great concentration to the wine. They are grown on the Scott Henry trellising system, which yields grapes with ripe tannins and flavours. This wine is typically a blend of 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot and 10% Cabernet Franc with some Petit Verdot thrown in for good measure. The varieties are vinified separately and matured in French oak for 18 months. The result is a deeply coloured wine with great depth of flavour, fine grain tannins and outstanding cellaring potential.

TASTING NOTES

A very deep red with crimson robes. Classic and seductive varietal cigar box characters, cedar and cassis, together with fresh violet and mocha aromas. A bouquet that is complex through an amalgam of blackcurrant, raspberry, cherry and violet, backed by subtle vanillin oak. Wonderfully fresh rich black cherry and cassis, anise and gamey flavours that are perfectly complimented by the velvety tannins and good background oak. Complete, elegant and refined, a wine of exceptional length, an outstanding Cabernet blend.