Skin contact or orange wines have exploded in the past decade, so much so that no self respecting wine list at an inner city restaurant would be off-trend if it didn’t have a least a few. Such wines can divide opinion. Aromatically and texturally, they can be challenging, not surprising given that they are white wines made as if they were reds.
Cullen Amber is a skin contact wine that works, thanks to intelligent winemaking and the benefit of a couple of years in bottle. Inspired by the orange wines of Fruili in Italy’s north-east, Vanya Cullen set out to make a skin contact white using estate grown Sauvignon Blanc and Semillon.
With the benefit of a couple of years in bottle, the wine is drinking beautifully now. Round and rich verging on voluptuous, this is a though provoking wine that needs to be enjoyed with appropriate food an in appropriate company.
2014 CULLEN AMBERProducer: Cullen
Variety: Sauvignon Blanc, Semillon
Region: Margaret River, Western Australia
ABV: 15.0%
Closure: Screw cap
Retail Price: $40.00
Date tasted: 20 January 2018
Tasting Note:
Md-amber. Interesting nose of grilled nuts, toast, buttered toast. Full bodied, round and pillowy. Real depth of flavour. Quite voluptuous texture. Honey and toasted hazelnuts, oatmeal. Warming alcohol carries the finish. Intriguing wine.
Score: 16.5/20
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