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Andrew Cailliard MW rated both this year and 1994 (and 1990) as 10/10 vintages. As with the '94, there was effectively no rain between October and the harvest in March. Vanya believes that this wine confirms her view that if the vines are healthy and not overburdened, they will regulate themselves and achieve physiological ripeness easily – “and therefore the greatest fruit concentration”. It was the fastest ripening season Cullen's have exper...