Cullen Diana Madeline 2007

Cullen Diana Madeline 2007James Halliday Top 100 of 2009 Cullen is an iconic Margaret River winery and the Diana Madeline Cabernet Merlot is their flagship red wine. It is famed for its quality and consistency, is sought after by collectors world wide and is a worthy regional benchmark. It is a classic Cabernet Sauvignon dominant Bordeaux blend grown on an exemplary vineyard. The Cullen vineyard has been certified both Organic and Biodynamic since 2004. "Just to fully impose

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lime juice and granny smith apple

I gave this a mark of 98 in a recent tasting of New World Single Vineyard Pinots for Decanter Magazine

packed full of dense blackberry and chocolate flavours and fortified by a wall of fine

as well as being included in the Top 50 Young Gun Vineyards of the year awards

"Matured for 18 months in both French and American oak barrels

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Barolo is special due to its unique combination of factors – its terroir

The Laira Vineyard produces all of Brand's top-of-the-range reds

produced from the Baxendale Vineyard at Whitlands

full-bodied blackcurrant/blackberry fruit

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