2024 Cullen Dancing in the Moonlight Rose

94 pts NICK RYAN TOP 100
A fresh and crunchy Cabernet- based Rose from one of Australia's greatest winemakers.

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Description

The Cullen Dancing in the Moonlight Rose is a bright and incredibly flavourful rosé, made from Cabernet, Merlot, Malbec and Petit Verdot.

The wine is made through the use of contact between the grape skins and juice, imparting colour, flavour and texture. It's all about fresh aromas of red fruits – strawberries, cherries, raspberries – with some rose petal and lime thrown in. The acidity is absolutely vibrant and mouth watering, giving the wine lift and a nice zing on the palate.

A rosé to be enjoyed with a wide range of foods - seafood, pasta, salads, spicy dishes, etc - or enjoyed in its own over the next year or so.

94 points
"It’s a quietly humming, delicately perfumed and neatly balanced rosé"
- Nick Ryan (The Weekend Australian)

Nick Ryan

Nick Ryan

The Weekend Australian 94 Points

Top 100 Wines of 2025

The important thing to consider when pouring a glass of this playful pink is provenance.

The very same commitment, energy, artistry and effort that goes into producing some of the country’s very best wines is deployed here, too. It’s just the Cullen way. It’s a quietly humming, delicately perfumed and neatly balanced rosé, awash with macerated raspberries and cherries, a little dried strawberry too. There’s a whiff of dried rose petal and judicious dusting of spice.

Vintage

2024 vintage was the hottest, driest and earliest harvest on record. Rainfall turned off like a tap at the end of September 2023, with nominally no rain until the season broke in May 2024. Unseasonable warmth all through the growing season combined withheatwaves in January meant harvest started early and was over extremely quickly.

But with sunshine comes flavour and 2024 does not disappoint in fruit weight and concentration. No rain and plenty of sun means wines hit their optimal ripeness (albeit earlier than expected!) and created wines with great depth of flavour and extract.

The ample marri blossom and dry conditions meant both bird and disease pressure was low, the main thing keeping us awake at night was the water stress on our dry grown vines. Both whites and reds show opulence and power that so far show great promise for the future.

Tasting Notes

Colour
Intense deep pink with cream tinges
Cellar
Enjoy now or for up to 10 years and serve chilled.
Bouquet
Ripe wild berries and vibrant raspberry transition to creamy strawberries and elegant rose petals and demure cesti grapefruit notes
Food
Palak Paneer, Roast Vegetables, peach custard Kuchen
Palate
fresh and vibrant rose hip and cherries, framed with a juicy and joyful pink apple and uncotus pear that transition to an elegant, complex and long finish with attractive phenolics inspiring to go back for another taste

Price Bracket $30 or Less
Type Rosé
Country Australia
Region Margaret River
Australian State WA
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Women in Wine
Reviewed By The Weekend Australian
Critic Score 94
Size 750ml
Vintage 2024
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Cullen

The Cullen property has been in the Cullen family since 1948 with founders Diana Madeline and Kevin John planting the first vines on the farm in 1971.

Today Cullen sits as one of the top estates in Margaret River. Their impeccable versions of Chardonnay and Cabernet Sauvignon are now both considered clear regional benchmarks.

The Cullen estate is farmed with a strict adherence to the principals of biodynamic farming. Current day owner and winemaker Vanya Cullen is one of the most outspoken advocates of the benefits of these practices in the industry and her results speak for themselves.

These are extraordinary wines that hold their own against the world's best. A gem of the Australian wine scene, to be sure.

Owner and winemaker, Vanya Cullen Cullen

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