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Cullen Event ONE...Cabernet Merlot fusion

The formative Cullen Cabernet Merlot Blend and its straight Cabernet Brother

In 1980 The Cullen family wine business wasn't sure about the future of blending Cabernet and Merlot so they produced two Cabernets.

By 1982 The Cullen Cabernet Merlot story had taken root and bloomed.

This event could be seen through the romantic eyes of Brotticelli as the Birth of Venus. The romantic narrative runs wild with images of a sweet young Uma Thurman as Venus in Terry Gilliam's Baron Munchausen. Strong images, and a story worthy of them.

The Sterling October Auction catalogue boasts some of the rarest and most wonderful wines made in the West. The 1980 pairing of a bottle of the Cabernet Merlot Malbec blend and a bottle of the straight Cabernet Sauvignon is enough excitement.

Look again: The catalogue, as if by divine provenance, also boasts a stupendous bottle of 1982 Cullen Cabernet Merlot

All in stunning condition, these milestone gems will be impossible to replace.

What are they worth? The auction estimates are just a guess.

If the rareness and importance of the 1974 Moss Wood Cabernet places its value over $1,000 a bottle, surely these Cullen wine "foundation stones" are worth at least $500 a bottle.

Think hard about their real value and don't be disappointed. These treasures really should be returned to their home.

CALLING All those secret philanthropists amongst us;
Here is your chance! Quietly buy the three bottles and secretly leave them on Vanyas door step. The perfect present for a wonderful daughter of Venus on this, her special Birthday year

October 2009

Sterling Wine Auctions Australia