Wine

As usual, this blend contains a greater volume of Sauvignon Blanc than Semillon, which reflects the outstanding qualities of the fruit produced by the former variety on the Cullen Vineyard.

This year in the great vintage of 2018, we are renaming the Cullen Vineyard Sauvignon Blanc Semillon in honour of our maternal grandmother Grace Madeline. The Cullen Vineyard Sauvignon Blanc and Semillon vines are on their own rootstock, and are now old vines, planted 1976-1988.

This quality wine was produced on a certified Biodynamic, Carbon Neutral and naturally powered estate. The Sauvignon Blanc and Verdelho were harvested exclusively from our Mangan Vineyard and on the day when the Moon was opposite Saturn. A great day to pick as nutrients tend to be even stronger and showing fantastic minerality.

This new release of our Amber wine is a pure Sauvignon Blanc selected from our certified Biodynamic vineyard and was entirely fermented in amphora.

This wine was produced on a certified Biodynamic, Carbon Neutral and naturally powered estate. This outstanding blend from the 2017 vintage is a brilliant image of the vintage. Very high quality fruit with precise natural acidity guaranteeing great drinking over the next 10 years.

Although the weather leading up to and including vintage was warm, the fruit produced by all varieties in the vineyards of Cullen Wines in 2014 was exceptional. We had no rain in January, February and until the end of harvest in March. These low yields, fantastic PH and great acids levels translated in wines of great flavour and style. The fruit was picked at 13° Baumé and with a high natural acidity. The wine was fermented naturally and had no barrel ageing.

The grapes for this wine were harvested from the prime selections of the eastern blocks of the Mangan vineyard, as usual showcasing the best of the specific season.

The grapes for this wine were harvested from the prime selections of the eastern blocks of the Mangan vineyard, as usual showcasing the best of the specific season.

As usual, this blend contains a greater volume of Sauvignon Blanc than Semillon, which reflects the outstanding qualities of the fruit produced by the former variety on the Cullen Vineyard

The Chenin Blanc was cane cut before being hand-picked on the 10th of March during the perigee Full Moon, the last day of harvest. Capturing the beautiful natural acidity of Chenin, the wine was chilled to finish with 120g/L of sugar. 375mL bottle.

The development of the fruit for this Mangan Vineyard Sauvignon Blanc Semillon benefited from the consistent and dry weather that prevailed in the lead up to vintage, resulting in the production of a very good wine.

Bright in colour, pure in fruit flavour concentration with the classic Wilyabrup cassis, violets, chocolate and ironstone.

The grapes were harvested from the prime selections of the eastern blocks of the Mangan vineyard. Excellent growing season with good spring rains.

Harvested on a Fruit Day, whole bunch pressed and aged in Biodnamic Fruit Barrels giving full fruit flavour and character.  The wines have not been fined or filtered and were bottles straight from barrel.

Whole bunch pressed and fermented with wild yeast in Flower Day Barrels. The oak was harvested and coopered on a Flower Day according to the biodynamic calendar. We find this gives the wine a more minerality and line.

The 2010 season produced wines which were abundant in fruit and had excellent balance.

Another great season for our vineyards and our 1976 Chardonnay vines produced some incredible fruit.

This wine, our flagship 2018 Kevin John has been sourced from our old chardonnay vines planted in 1976-1988

The fruit was picked on a new moon in early February 2018 hence the name of the wine. It is a “pétillant naturel” based on the méthode ancestrale.