Cullen has steadily emerged as one of the Margaret River’s elite makers of chardonnay. Cropped at an almost impossibly low 0.25 tonnes to the acre, the 2002 chardonnay was harvested batch by batch as the cool season only very gradually and slowly ripened a rather uneven crop. The result is a wine which captures remarkable fruit intensity, which it seamlessly delivers along a superbly long and elegant palate. Its tautness and finesse belie its concentration. Even more remarkably, more than half the fruit for the wine (57%) was harvested from the relatively youthful Ellens Ridge vineyard located around 8km south of the main Cullen plantings at Cowaramup. 19.1, Drink 2004 – 2007+.
