Cullen Diana Madeline Cabernet Merlot 1998

This wine is a blend of 69% Cabernet Sauvignon, 25% Merlot and 6% Cabernet Franc. The fruit was matured from 22 months in French oak of which 20% was new, 35% one year old and 45% two years old.

The vines from which this wine came are 29 years old and are dry-farmed, producing a wine which is concentrated in fruit power and has fine grained tannins to give the wine structure and great ageing potential. The nose has strong mulberry aromas, backed by vanillin oak. The palate is rich, flavoursome and long.

Another five to ten years will see this wine fulfill some of its potential.