Castle Rock Estate Sauvignon Blanc 2014

Description

“Diletti has made Castle Rock one of the superstars of WA.”  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.”

Wow this sauvignon blanc overflows with quality and complexity!  WA’s great Southern wine region at its best!

“Diletti has made Castle Rock one of the superstars of WA.”  James Halliday

Cascade of pristine citrus, tropical fruits, gooseberries balanced by lipsmacking acid backbone and salad green characters. Nice texture (partial barrel ferment) and long finish tops it off.

More layers revealed after this wine was opened for a few days testament to class of this juice. I believe Rob who says if this gets lost in your cellar the quality of the fruit/ acid structure ensures it will drink up to eight to ten years.  I say don’t wait enjoy this now!