2020 TOM CULLITY named ‘Wine of the Year’ in Ray Jordan’s WA Wine Review 2025
We are thrilled to announce that the 2020 TOM CULLITY has been named ‘Wine of the Year’ in Ray Jordan’s WA Wine Review 2025.
The WA Wine Review 2025 is the third edition of this annual publication, showcasing the best wines being produced in Western Australia.
Ray Jordan said:
“The best wines are a testament to creative and rigorous winemaking and viticulture that reflect a total commitment to quality. A quality that has never been better.”
On the 2020 TOM CULLITY, Ray said:
“In just eight vintages, beginning with 2013, the Tom, as it is referred to around the winery, has set the bar high for this combination of varieties in a style that can be traced right back to the first tentative steps from [Tom] Cullity who wanted to pursue an elegant modern Australian wine style.
“I have waited for this release with great anticipation. I expected it to be good. I just didn’t expect it to be quite so good.
"So, let’s put some perspective on it with previous vintages. I had always rated 2018, from that other memorable vintage, as the best of the Toms, with the ’14 a close second and the ’19 from an underrated vintage in the mix as well. Every time I look at that ’19 it just gets better.
“The ’20 has taken the wine into rarefied air and is in my opinion the best Tom yet. The combination of cabernet sauvignon, malbec and a tiny amount of petit verdot come together so seamlessly and exquisitely to produce a wine of power, finesse and elegance.”
2020 TOM CULLITY
“Oh yeah. I expected this to be good and it has delivered. I see the power and concentration of 2018 and the elegance of 2019 with the restraint of 2017. Beautiful, perfumed fruit with tremendous intensity. The palate is seamless with a velvety feel to it. So vibrant with an energy and drive that takes it effortlessly to a very long finish. Everything and everything in its place. The intensity of the blackcurrant and red fruit combination is extraordinary, yet it delivers with such finesse and poise. Pretty and at the same time powerful. With a degree of delicacy and grace. A great, great wine”.
99 Points – Ray Jordan