CullenFlower Day Vanya Cabernet Sauvignon 2012
Dry, Medium Bodied style of Cabernet Sauvignon Petit Verdot
Margaret River, Australia
About this product
Dry, Medium Bodied style of Cabernet Sauvignon Petit VerdotMargaret River, AustraliaCertified biodynamic, the Cullen Vanya is 97% Cabernet Sauvignon complemented by 3% Petit Verdot. Aged in new French oak of which 50% was new for a period of 19 months. Totally opaque dark red black colour with a dark red hue. Intense but beautifully refined the nose offers up aromas of blackcurrant and mulberry laced with cedar and tobacco characters followed by hints of cigar box, faint bay leaf and spice. Medium weight the palate is the perfect marriage of richness, elegance and power delivering sublime flavours of blackcurrant, ripe mulberry and dark cherries seamlessly integrated with cedar, tobacco and spice characters. Exquisite finesse with exceptionally fine grained, polished tannins. Very long after-taste of blackcurrant, ripe mulberry, cedar faint tobacco, cigar box and spice that seems to sail on forever.
Certified biodynamic, the Cullen Vanya is 97% Cabernet Sauvignon complemented by 3% Petit Verdot. Aged in new French oak of which 50% was new for a period of 19 months. Totally opaque dark red black colour with a dark red hue. Intense but beautifully refined the nose offers up aromas of blackcurrant and mulberry laced with cedar and tobacco characters followed by hints of cigar box, faint bay leaf and spice. Medium weight the palate is the perfect marriage of richness, elegance and power delivering sublime flavours of blackcurrant, ripe mulberry and dark cherries seamlessly integrated with cedar, tobacco and spice characters. Exquisite finesse with exceptionally fine grained, polished tannins. Very long after-taste of blackcurrant, ripe mulberry, cedar faint tobacco, cigar box and spice that seems to sail on forever.
Medium bodied red wines have a lightly textured mouthfeel with moderate flavour impact. Often medium in colour.
Dry wines have no trace of sweetness at all.
- TypeCabernet Sauvignon Petit Verdot
- Size750ML
- RegionMargaret River
- Current Vintage2012
- Standard Drinks8
- Alcohol Volume13.5%
- CountryAustralia
- StateWestern Australia
- Brand NameCullen
- Wine MakerVanya Cullen
- Vegan Friendlyfalse
- ClosureScrew Cap
- Wine SweetnessDry
- Wine BodyMedium Bodied
- Organicfalse
Vintage 2012
97+ points Wine Advocate MW
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Huon Hooke
Prolific Australian wine reviewer for Fairfax Media and The Real Review
Vintage 2012
98 points The Real Review
Deep garnet hue; very detailed bouquet of complex mature characters, cedar, ironstone, clean leather, chocolate. Full bodied, concentrated and profound. Great wine. (The only Vanya made without amphora)
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