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“Diletti has made Castle Rock one of the superstars of WA.” James Halliday
“His rieslings are in a category of their own.” James Halliday. Regularly listed in Halliday’s Best of the Best category for Riesling.
Top 100 Wines for 2014 and included in Best White Wines over $20 – James Halliday.
37 year old Rob Diletti has been with Castle Rock since it’s inception back in 1981 .. Infact he helped his father plant the vines as a 6 year old! Castle Rock Estate is remote .. on the northeast face of the Porongurup mountain range 40 km north east of Albany and 30 km southeast of Mt. Barker. Rob is a senior wine show judge at the leading wineshows (Canberra, Sydney and Perth) and is contract winemaker for 9 other wineries (which also feature prominently in Halliday’s Wine Companion!). The winery combines state of the art machinery and age old proven techniques. Built on a natural slope, the winery makes use of gravity to feed the grapes into the crusher below, doing away with pumps – ensuring delicacy and fruit flavours are maintained .. especially important for riesling. Having made wine in the Great Southern for 15 years he still finds things to get excited about “.. I love the fact you can get such intense fruit here, so the wine is really approachable when young, but still has natural acidity to help it age.”
Porongurups is considered the premium riesling district in WA and this is evident here in this fine, 100% Estate grown riesling … Intense lime juice backed up by a beautiful fragrance of orange blossom and fresh flowers. Zesty and fresh, the lime character runs the length of the palate giving the wine great natural acidity, structure and finesse. . The balance between the fruit generosity and tight acid structure is the hallmark of Castle Rock Rieslings. Lively, crisp and with an attractive delicacy now, this wine will blossom with age for at least fifteen years. To quote Halliday again … “his rieslings are consistently perfect when young, glorious with five to 10 plus years bottle age..” Don’t miss out on a dozen of this !
96 points James Halliday ..”Quartz-white; opens demurely, but by the time you begin to think the only thing the wine needs is a few years in the cellar, it starts tapping insistently on your taste buds, the finish building focus and intensity courtesy of lemon and mineral acidity, the aftertaste providing a reprise.” 21 Nov 2014
RRP $27
