2008 Cullen Diana Madeline Cabernet Merlot

  • 2007 Cullen Diana Madeline Cabernet Merlot – Margaret River
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'96 Points - James Halliday - Wine Companion

Shiraz, grenache, mataro undergoing the most complex fermentation of all Charles Melton wines: hand-plunging, whole bunch fermentation, wild and cultured yeast, with a mix of single and co-fermentation, matured in...

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96 Points - James Halliday, Wine Companion

“Shiraz, grenache, mataro undergoing the most complex fermentation of all Charles Melton wines: hand-plunging, whole bunch fermentation, wild and cultured yeast, with a mix of single and co-fermentation, matured in...”

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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

$158.00

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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2022

97.8 Average Critic Rating
  • 99Andrew Caillard, The Vintage Journal
  • 98Ray Jordan, Wine Pilot
  • 97Erin Larkin, Wine Advocate
  • 97Cassandra Charlick, Decanter

$159.00

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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2021

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

$159.00

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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2012

96.3 Average Critic Rating
  • 97Gary Walsh, The Wine Front
  • 96Erin Larkin, Wine Advocate
  • 96James Suckling, jamessuckling.com

$275.00

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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2011

96.3 Average Critic Rating
  • 97James Halliday, Wine Companion
  • 96Gary Walsh, The Wine Front
  • 96James Halliday, Wine Companion

$275.00

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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2010

97.3 Average Critic Rating
  • 98Ray Jordan, West Weekend
  • 97Tyson Stelzer, West Weekend
  • 97Jeremy Oliver, Oliver's Wines

$275.00

The combination of terroir, early picking, biodynamics, aged vines and sympathetic winemaking makes such a strong state…

— Ray Jordan, West Weekend

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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

$275.00

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

— Jeremy Oliver, Oliver's Wines

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2008

  • 96James Halliday, Wine Companion

$299.00

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

— James Halliday, Wine Companion

2007

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

$299.00

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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2004

97.0 Average Critic Rating
  • 98Huon Hooke, The Real Review
  • 96James Suckling, jamessuckling.com

$285.00

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

— Huon Hooke, The Real Review

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Wine Details & Information

Vintage: 2008

Varietal / Style: Cabernet Sauvignon

Producer: Cullen

Country: Australia

Region: Margaret River

Bottle size (ml): 750ml