Cullen

Written By Campbell Mattinson
Cullen is a Mattinson Ten Star Winery.

Cullen is a Mattinson 10-Star Winery.
Only the best of Australia’s best wineries are ranked as a Mattinson 10-Star Winery.

Vanya Cullen is a unique talent on a special site; the result is greatness. Every year this estate produces elite Chardonnay and elite Cabernet Sauvignon. The estate is famed biodynamically, rigorously, carefully, thoughtfully. The wines of the Cullen estate have been outstanding for over forty years but under Vanya Cullen, quality has only risen. These wines – these structural, fresh, essential wines – handle the truth, speak the truth, are the truth.

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Thirty-six releases of Cullen Chardonnay have been reviewed on The Winefront site.

Twenty-seven releases of Cullen Diana Madeline Cabernet Merlot have been reviewed on The Winefront site though there is more to the Cullen cabernet journey here and here (Vanya releases).

Campbell Mattinson

This post was written by Campbell Mattinson. Mattinson is a former chief editor of the Halliday Wine Companion book, former editor of Halliday magazine, former editor of Australian Sommelier Magazine and founder of The Winefront business. He is the author of five books on wine – four of which were bestsellers (The Wine Hunter, the Big Red Wine Book 2008, the Big Red Wine Book 2009, and the Big Red Wine Book 2010).

Mattinson is also the founder of the Mattinson Photography business.

Campbell Mattinson has been an independent journalist, wine critic and photographer for forty years. He’s the only Australian to have won the Australian Wine Communicator of the Year Award more than once. He’s a past winner of a Louis Roederer International Wine Media Award; is the author of the award-winning book The Wine Hunter; and is the author of the best-selling novel We Were Not Men. He’s also a winner of a St Kilda Film Festival Award (as writer-director) and is a former winner of the national Best Australian Sports Writing Award. In 2026 three of his photographs were short-listed for the World Food Photography Awards.

Campbell Mattinson, who is 100% independent, has tasted between 5000 and 10,000 wines each and every year for the past 25 years. He tastes blind, in comparative brackets, as often as is practicable.

Campbell Mattinson is a journalist, a photographer, a filmmaker and a wine critic. In all of these mediums his prime motive is to tell people's stories.

https://www.campbellmattinson.com
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