2004 Cullen Diana Madeline Cabernet Merlot

Name: 2004 Cullen Diana Madeline Cabernet Merlot
Brand: Cullen
SKU: 4192
Price: 216.0 AUD
Availability: InStock
Rating: 97.0 (2 reviews)

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Average Critic Score: 97.0/100 based on 2 critic reviews

Deep red colour still with a tinge of purple. The bouquet has cranberry, tobacco and almost malty aromas, a hint of almond perhaps. The wine is intense and focused, precise and tightly-structured, with great elegance, penetration and persistence. A more compact style, it threads a needle. Superb. A will live another 20 years. (13% merlot, 3% cabernet franc).
16 Nov 2017

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Critic Reviews

98 Points - Huon Hooke, The Real Review

“A very deeply coloured, concentrated and powerful DM, solid and tannic, still quite youthful and vigorous, a long-term vintage of this wine, which is ageing superbly. 09 Apr 2024. Deep red colour still with a tinge of purple. The bouquet has cranberry, tobacco and almost malty aromas, a hint of almond perhaps. The wine is intense and focused, precise and tightly-structured, with great elegance, penetration and persistence. A more compact style, it threads a needle. Superb. A will live another 20 years. (13% merlot, 3% cabernet franc). 16 Nov 2017”

96 Points - James Suckling, jamessuckling.com

“Diana has a different DNA from the normal Margaret River cabernet. A gentler soul, offering a very fresh and more vine- and fruit-focused wine. A deep rich and elegantly commanding palate, which delves deep and flows seamlessly. This is magnificent, graceful cabernet. Drink or hold.”

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2004

97.0 Average Critic Rating

98Huon Hooke, The Real Review
96James Suckling, jamessuckling.com

$216.00

A very deeply coloured, concentrated and powerful DM, solid and tannic, still quite youthful and vigorous, a long-term …

— Huon Hooke, The Real Review

2007

97James Halliday, Wine Companion
95Gary Walsh, The Wine Front

$266.00

This is as close to perfection as one can imagine in terms of structure, texture and its complex fruit flavours. Great …

— James Halliday, Wine Companion

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2008

96James Halliday, Wine Companion

$266.00

Shiraz, grenache, mataro undergoing the most complex fermentation of all Charles Melton wines: hand-plunging, whole bun…

— James Halliday, Wine Companion

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2009

97.3 Average Critic Rating

98Jeremy Oliver, Oliver's Wines
98Tyson Stelzer, Wine Business Magazine
96Huon Hooke, The Real Review

$224.00

A superlative wine, beautifully balanced, measured and focused, already revealing remarkable complexity and character. …

— Jeremy Oliver, Oliver's Wines

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2011

96.3 Average Critic Rating

97James Halliday, Wine Companion
96Gary Walsh, The Wine Front
96James Halliday, Wine Companion

$250.00

An 80/12/4/3/1% blend of cabernet sauvignon, merlot, malbec, cabernet franc and petit verdot; 18 months in French barri…

— James Halliday, Wine Companion

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2012

96.3 Average Critic Rating

97Gary Walsh, The Wine Front
96Erin Larkin, Wine Advocate
96James Suckling, jamessuckling.com

$224.00

Hang on to your hats boys and girls, Cullen are back in the game. Those ‘other’ critics may have gone large on what I’d…

— Gary Walsh, The Wine Front

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2021

98Ken Gargett, Wine Pilot
98Ray Jordan, rayjordan.com.au

$141.00

Diana Madeline Cabernet Sauvignon 2021 ($160) – The newly released DM Cabernet is a particularly auspicious one, celebr…

— Ken Gargett, Wine Pilot

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2022

97.8 Average Critic Rating

99Andrew Caillard, The Vintage Journal
98Ray Jordan, Wine Pilot
97Erin Larkin, Wine Advocate
97Cassandra Charlick, Decanter

$141.00

Deep colour. Ethereal cassis, light marzipan, vanilla with hints of violet. Fresh blackcurrant pastille, marzipan, ceda…

— Andrew Caillard, The Vintage Journal

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2023

98.5 Average Critic Rating

99Ray Jordan, rayjordan.com.au
99Ken Gargett, Wine Pilot
98Erin Larkin, Wine Advocate
98Huon Hooke, The Real Review

$141.00

Okay. I’ve tasted every one of the Diana Madeline vintages, and I can say absolutely that I have never had a better one…

— Ray Jordan, rayjordan.com.au

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2024

97.5 Average Critic Rating

98Ken Gargett, Wine Pilot
97Huon Hooke, The Real Review

$158.00

Near black/maroon with a dark magenta rim. Aromas of black fruits, tobacco leaf, cloves, chocolate, cassis, aniseed and…

— Ken Gargett, Wine Pilot

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Delivery & collection

Free local delivery - with no minimum order, Full delivery details.
Postcodes 6008, 6009, 6010, 6011, 6012, 6014, 6015, 6156, 6157, 6158 and 6159.
Free click and collect from 12 Station Street, Cottesloe. Orders placed before 12pm are usually ready the same day.
Australia-wide: $20 flat rate with Australia Post, or Express from $75.