Whites
The white wines at Cullen reflect a desire for purity and balance. This we believe comes from the vineyard site itself and the biodynamic philosophy to help the land reflect its best potential in the bottle.
The grapes for both the Chardonnay and the Sauvignon Blanc Semillon are, like all our grapes, harvested by hand and at best flavour expression. For the Chardonnay the bunches are whole-bunch pressed for fruit delicacy and juice quality and then placed into barriques for fermentation with indigenous yeasts. The Sauvignon Blanc is part-fermented in barriques with indigenous yeast and for the most as a tank fermentation to retain fruit freshness. Semillon is fermented in tanks to keep the varietal freshness.
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2020 Grace Madeline
$39.00Grace Madeline is Diana Madeline’s mother and Vanya Cullen’s maternal grandmother. This wine named in her honour is a blend of 93% Sauvignon Blanc and 7% Semillon.
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2021 Cullen Amber Wine
$39.00Harvested across two days with the first pick occurring under a Moon opposite Saturn flower day, and a second capturing the full Moon fruit day in late February, 2021. The wine had an average of 10 days on skins in amphorae, open fermenter, and some fermentation time in a concrete egg.
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2011 Mangan Vineyard Sauvignon Blanc Semillon
$29.00This wine is a blend of 58% Sauvignon Blanc amd 42% Semillon from Mangan vineyard,
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2022 Mangan Vineyard Sauvignon Blanc Semillon
$29.00The Mangan sauvignon blanc, semillon and verdelho vines were planted in the 90’s and are certified biodynamic and carbon positive. This wine is a blend of 60% Sauvignon Blanc 33% Semillon and 7% Verdelho.
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2022 Late Harvest Chenin Blanc
$45.00This wine is made from chenin blanc vines planted in 1976 on the Cullen vineyard. The vines are certified biodynamic, and also certified carbon positive - where our soils sequester more carbon than our whole business emits.
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2021 Rose Moon
$50.00This natural sparkling wine is created from 50.5% Semillon harvested on a flower day from Mangan Vineyard, and 49.5% Sauvignon Blanc harvested on a flower perigee day from 1976 plantings at Cullen Vineyard.
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2022 Rose Moon
$50.00This natural sparkling wine is created from 51% Sauvignon Blanc, 47% Semillon and 2% Malbec harvested on flower days from Mangan Vineyard.
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2021 Rose Moon Magnum
$120.00This natural sparkling wine is created from 50.5% Semillon harvested on a flower day from Mangan Vineyard, and 49.5% Sauvignon Blanc harvested on a flower perigee day from 1976 plantings at Cullen Vineyard.
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2013 Cullen Vineyard Sauvignon Blanc Semillon 1.5L Magnum
$105.00As 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
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2011 Mangan Vineyard Sauvignon Blanc Semillon 1.5L Magnum
$90.00The 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.