New vintage from Cullen coming soon.

"The grapes for this Mangan Vineyard Semillon Sauvignon Blanc were “harvested on 80 percent fruit and 20 percent flower days” - according to the biodynamic calendar. It’s 61 percent semillon and was fermented with wild yeasts only. All the grapes were, of course, grown organically/biodynamically. Twenty-five percent of this wine was barrel fermented - compared with 70 percent for the Cullen Vineyard SSB. Intensely acidic and intensely long. Difficult to see where this one is going, but if the lean, cutting style of white isn’t usually your style - then I would steer clear of this. It smells gravelly and tastes it too, its minerally acids dominating from the mid-palate onwards. It’s either a stellar wine in the making, or it’s underdone - only time will tell. Rated : 91+ Points Alcohol : 11.5% Price : $35 Closure : Screwcap Drink : 2012 - 2017" - Campbell Mattinson, The Wine Front.

"Excellent pale straw, with a touch of green Attractive combination of cut grass, lime and white flower on the nose. Focused on the palate, the mineral characters blend perfectly with the lovely lemon flavours that are a feature of high quality Semillon and which, in turn, are backed by very good acidity. The palate is integrated and has great length Cellaring: Drink over the next 7 years Food: Oysters, fish and scallops." - Notes from Cullen.  

Sorry this wine has now sold out. New vintage from Cullen, only very limited stocks available. Reviews of the 2007 vintage included below;

"97 points, $70, Screwcap, 13.5% alc In accordance with biodynamic practice, the grapes were handpicked around a full moon on fruit days. It is one of the best Cullen chardonnays for a long time; there is exceptional focus and intensity to the palate with its mix of nectarine, white peach and grapefruit; 100% wild yeast barrel ferment has been subsumed by the fruit. From Margaret River Drink to 2017 with cold smoked salmon" - James Halliday, Top 100 Wines, The Weekend Australian, November 14-15 2009.  

"This is the best Australian chardonnay I’ve had. Numbers nuts might like to know its vital statistics are pH 3; natural acid 10g./I; harvested on a full moon fruit day and fermented dry as the Valley of Bones at 13.5 per cent. It is unlike any chardonnay I’ve tasted before. Pepper, ginger, lemon and wet coffee-rock aromas sort of slice at you from the glass. It’s as rapier stiff as any riesling, with an authority and weight that are a formidable, confronting delight. Grown and made biodynamically by Vanya Cullen, it manages both force and finesse in transfixing harmony. And it will live for many years." - Philip White, The Independent Weekly, 19 June 2009. 

The Chardonnay in 2007 was picked at ideal physiological ripeness, with sugar levels ranging from 12.0 to 13.2° Baumé. The acid levels were outstanding, with the pH being only 3 and the acid at 10g per litre, and thus no acid adjustment was required. The fruit was harvested around a full moon on fruit days in accordance with the best biodynamic practices and then was whole bunch pressed. The juice was transferred directly into new French oak barrels, where the wine was matured for 10 months. The quality of this wine demonstrates that 2007 was a very good vintage for white wines as well as for red wines at Cullen..... The colour is brilliant clear and youthful green, gold. The nose has a complex amalgam of attractive lime juice, elderflower and apricot aromas, with just the right touch of clean background vanillin oak. The bouquet becomes increasingly like that of a great Burgundian wine the longer this wine remains in the glass. The palate is elegant, pure and intense. Delicious lime fruit flavours fill out the middle palate, which is backed by attractive and subtle barrel ferment oak flavours. The finish is crisp, long and lingering." - Notes from Cullen.

Limited stocks available. Vanya Cullen and her team at Cullen have clearly taken advantage of the favourable vintage conditions throughout Margaret River in 2007 to produce another stunning Diana Madeline.

"97 Points. This is as close to perfection as one can imagine in terms of structure, texture and its complex fruit flavours. Great now, greater still in another 10 years, and who knows how long thereafter. Cabernet Sauvignon/Merlot/Cabernet Franc/Petit Verdot. Screwcap. 14% alc. Drink 2032 $105 Date Tasted Sep 09" - James Halliday, Australian Wine Companion 2011 Edition.

"98/100. Surely this is the best Diana Madeline yet released – and there have been some damned fine ones before now. What a fabulous wine. The only reason I haven’t pointed higher is that I suspect there a couple of even better wines in the pipeline. It's a wine of elegance, poise and style with an effortlessly long and silky fine palate. Powerful palate held in check for now but with cellaring will emerge into something truly exceptional. One of the finest yet in this distinguished line. Cellar: 12 years" - Ray Jordan, www.rayjordanwineandfood.com 

"This is the finest young DM I have ever tasted and at a Liberty Wines line up, on a snowy January day, it was the finest wine in a packed room of very smart samples. It is not size that matters in this wine, but the intricate detail and infinite, miniature explosions of flavour which mesmerise the senses while keeping you totally and utterly locked on to the elemental machinations in the glass. Less muscular than Moss Wood but no less impactful, '07 DM scored a masterful 19.5 in my notes." - Matthew Jukes, 100 Best Australian Wines 2010. 

"This is one of the greatest Diana Madeline’s. The outstanding quality of this wine reflects a combination of the excellent conditions that existed for all red grape varieties during the lead up to the 2007 vintage and the benefits of employing the best biodynamic practices." - Cullen Wines.