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Cullen 'Vanya' Cabernet Sauvignon 2020
Cullen 'Vanya' Cabernet Sauvignon 2020
This is heady stuff pushing a Margaret River cabernet into the rarefied air of Grange and Hill of Grace and at the same time making a statement about this great cabernet region.
The 2020 Cullen 'Vanya' is spectacular. The wine is a near opaque black/magenta. There are intense aromatics, with elegance and poise. This is taut, balanced and focused. The flavours intertwine with dark notes to the fore – dark chocolate, leather, cassis, blackcurrants, soy and aniseed. It then finishes with notes of cloves, graphite, tobacco leaves and axle grease. The texture is seamless, supple and seductive with the silkiest of tannins and great length.
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Terroir
Most of the hard work it takes to produce quality wine happens in the vinyard. The soil, the climatic conditions, the aspect, the bodies of water and many more factors, collectively knwon as "terroir" can influence the flavour of wine and give wine distint minerality, depth and character.