Cullen Diana Madeline 2021

Cullen Diana Madeline 2021James Suckling Top 100 Wines of Australia 2022 "The first words I wrote at the Cape Mentelle International Cabernet Sauvignon tasting this year were having just tasted the first wine and the first wine only "well, job done, Ive just tasted the wine of the day." It was a blind tasting of twenty Cabernet Sauvignons from around the world and while there would no doubt be many other stellar wines among them, this first wine was so emphatically good that I

much easier to make good wine than before

and we are included

I’m delighted when someone puts their nose in a glass of Krug for the first time and says

but will also reward with cellaring

and a successful if unusual blend

sappy tannins are powerful but leave ample room for flavor

A youthful wine with enormous promise

After 8 years in Hawke’s Bay

Throbs on the palate with all its vibrancy

High soil moisture throughout the growing season combined with mild summer temperatures delayed both budburst and version

and with a lot of swirling becomes richly mocha-like

mocha and black coffee notes with pronounced acidity