2024 Cullen Amber Wine
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2024 Cullen Amber Wine

2024 Cullen Amber Wine

This year’s Amber is a blend of 66% Sauvignon Blanc and 34% Semillon from the Cullen Vineyard. Hand-picked fruit was crushed to open fermenters for ferment to pick up colour and vitality from the skins. The wine was then matured in 75% new oak for 7 months. The result is fresh and vibrant, with an alluring complexity from skin contact fermentation that will continue to develop with bottle age.

VINEYARD
100% Cullen Vineyard
VARIETIES
66% Sauvignon Blanc, 34% Semillon.
HARVEST
2nd of February on a Flower Day
OAK
7 months in 75% new oak
ALCOHOL
13%
Vintage Notes
Tasting Notes

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. Unseasonable warmth all through the growing season combined with heatwaves in January meant harvest started early and was over extremely quickly. But with sunshine comes flavour and 2024 does not disappoint in fruit weight and concentration. No rain and plenty of sun means wines hit their optimal ripeness (albeit earlier than expected!) and created wines with great depth of flavour and extract.

The ample marri blossom and dry conditions meant both bird and disease pressures were low, the main thing keeping us awake at night was the water stress on our dry grown vines. Both whites and reds show opulence and power that so far show great promise for the future.

  • Colour Deep gold & pale amber
  • Cellar Drink now or up to 30 years.
  • Bouquet Clean citrus notes of grapefruit and orange blossom lined with a firm fresh Mediterranean spice and Negroni, the backbone evokes a ripe and persistent stone fruit and clean nectarine
  • Food Mediterranean grazing board, Gorgonzola blue cheese or a rich fish curry
  • Palate Bright minerality and savory acidity supported with a firm multilayer fruit density showing concentrated blood orange, pink grapefruit and fresh spices of wild thyme. The finish is silky and poised with clean liquorice notes in the back palate.

This year’s Amber is a blend of 66% Sauvignon Blanc and 34% Semillon from the Cullen Vineyard. Hand-picked fruit was crushed to open fermenters for ferment to pick up colour and vitality from the skins. The wine was then matured in 75% new oak for 7 months. The result is fresh and vibrant, with an alluring complexity from skin contact fermentation that will continue to develop with bottle age.

Vintage Notes

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. Unseasonable warmth all through the growing season combined with heatwaves in January meant harvest started early and was over extremely quickly. But with sunshine comes flavour and 2024 does not disappoint in fruit weight and concentration. No rain and plenty of sun means wines hit their optimal ripeness (albeit earlier than expected!) and created wines with great depth of flavour and extract.

The ample marri blossom and dry conditions meant both bird and disease pressures were low, the main thing keeping us awake at night was the water stress on our dry grown vines. Both whites and reds show opulence and power that so far show great promise for the future.

Tasting Notes
  • Colour Deep gold & pale amber
  • Cellar Drink now or up to 30 years.
  • Bouquet Clean citrus notes of grapefruit and orange blossom lined with a firm fresh Mediterranean spice and Negroni, the backbone evokes a ripe and persistent stone fruit and clean nectarine
  • Food Mediterranean grazing board, Gorgonzola blue cheese or a rich fish curry
  • Palate Bright minerality and savory acidity supported with a firm multilayer fruit density showing concentrated blood orange, pink grapefruit and fresh spices of wild thyme. The finish is silky and poised with clean liquorice notes in the back palate.
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