The 2023 vintage is widely reported to have been the most difficult and challenging in at least the past 20 years. A third La Niña event produced the wettest year since 2011 and the ninth wettest on record since 1900 for Australia in 2022, with rainfall totals 26 per cent above the 1961–1990 average. It was also Australia’s coolest
year since 2012, although average temperatures were 0.5 degrees C warmer than the 1961–1990 average. Persiste...
This wine is deep gold in colour, with aromas of orange blossom, negroni-like bitters, mint and thyme. The palate has a tightly wound structure of Sauvignon Blanc and Semillon tannins spreading the fruit out to the back of the palate, with crisp natural acidity.
The soils at Cullen are old granite and gravelly sandy loam, overlaying lateritic subsoils. The vines were planted from 1976-1978, and are grown on Scott Henry and Lyre trellising systems, allowing for healthy fruit to grow on vigorous vines with dense canopies. A small portion of this wine has come from younger Sauvignon Blanc vines, planted in 1988, contributing to the strength of character in the fruit profile.
The idea behind this wine is to make a white wine like a red wine. The hand-picked fruit was crushed both to amphora and open fermenters with short skin contact time to pick up vitality and tannins from the skins. The wine was then matured in new oak before bottling.
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