[SOLD-OUT] Cullen Grace Madeline Sauvignon Blanc Semillon 2023

 

**Pre-Release Wine Offer. Wines available after Tues March 5**

 

"Grace Madeline wine is a blend of Sauvignon Blanc (75%) and Semillon (25%), planted on their own roots in 1976 on Cullen Estate. 8 months in 85% new French oak.

Light straw with green tinges. Citrus, pear, orange, mango curry leaf, slate, sea salt. Vibrant clean acidity, dried pear, marigolds, elderflower, curry leaf. A wine with great balance and texture, so young and needing time before it shows all its potential.

The phenolic tension and fine tannins comes in part from overnight skin contact and texture from barrel fermentation and concrete egg fermentation. The average time in oak for the Sauvignon Blanc after natural yeast, fermentation, with no additions of acid yeast etc. was 8 months in 100% biodynamic puncheons, 85% of which were new. The Semillon component was tank fermented. This wine will age well under screwcap for at least 15 years.

It is fitting that the wine be named after Grace Madeline, Diana Madeline’s mother. Grace, originally from London, lived most of her life in Tasmania and was a suffragette, who loved nature as well as being mother to three daughters. The first blend of this type was made at Cullen Wines in 1979, from Cullen Estate fruit and it has become one of the flagship blends of the region since that time." - Cullen 

 

  Organic   Biodynamic   Vegan-friendly   Sustainably-made  

Country:

Australia

Region:

WA- Margaret River

Variety:

Wine White - Semillon blend

Size:

750mL