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Wine Description
The Story
The fine-grained tannins framed the journey of attractive and perfumed wild red fruits transitioning into firm rich dark chocolate, blackcurrants with elegant glances of cedar and sandalwood. The lingering shows class, integrity and complexity.
Wine Information
2024 vintage was the hottest, driest and earliest harvest on record. Rainfall turned off like a tap at the end of September 2023, with nominally no rain until the season broke in May 2024. But with sunshine comes flavour and 2024 does not disappoint in fruit weight and concentration, with small but precise yielding 4.2 ton/Ha at Cullen Vineyard for the Cabernet Sauvignon.
2024 Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot is a straight blend of 87% Cabernet Sa...
Vintage 2024
Vintage 2024 conditions
The below-average sized crush can be attributed to a number of seasonal factors as well as various forms of human intervention driven by economic considerations and market forces.
Major global-scale climate influences on the Australian climate in 2023 were a La Niña at the start of the year, an El Niño and a strong positive Indian Ocean Dipole which were established in early spring, and a positive phase of the S...
