2025 Cullen Grace Madeline

The Grace Madeline is Cullen’s take on the classic Margaret River white blend - Sauvignon Blanc and Semillon from the original 1976 estate plantings, farmed biodynamically and handled with minimal intervention. The wine is named after Vanya Cullen’s grandmother, and like the rest of the Cullen range, it’s all about purity of fruit and a light hand in the cellar.

Picked across a handful of fruit and flower days, the Sauvignon was fermented wild in a mix of barriques and concrete egg, with a portion spending time on skins to build texture and shape. The Semillon was fermented in tank to keep things fresh and focused. There’s no additions along the way, just time and patience, and it shows in the detail.

It’s bright and layered with a gentle grip that carries the wine through, finishing clean and long. Delicious now, but built to evolve.

95 points
"As is the way with this classy wine, it’s textural, complex and layered... Youthful and lovely today but will garner more complexity in time."
- Jane Faulkner (Halliday Wine Companion)