2021 Castle Rock Estate Pinot Noir
Varieties: 100% Pinot Noir
Region: Porongurup, Great Southern
Tasting Notes
- Sweetness: Dry | Medium | Sweet
- Acidity: Low | Medium | High
- Tannin: None | Low | Medium | High
- Alcohol: Low (9-11%) | Medium (12-13%) | High (14%+)
- Body: Light | Medium | Full
- Oak: None | Some | Lots
- Fruits: Plums, cherry
- Flavours: Char, forest floor, spice
Critic Reviews
98 pts Shanteh Wale, Winepilot
“The 2021 Castle Rock Estate Pinot Noir is hailing from 20-35 year old vines and made from a selection of five clones. Acai berries, juniper and macerated black cherries are catapulted from the glass, like a magical concoction from an Apothecary of your dreams – seriously I am immediately hooked. Winter pine buds, fresh sage and Madagascar vanilla bean are then followed by sweet tobacco pouch and boot leather. Redcurrants and wild strawberries make an appearance on the palate and the lofty acidity and sappy tannins carry those flavours on and on – my goodness what a wine. Drink with slivers of perfectly cooked beef tongue dipped in red wine jus or, for the less adventurous, a really really good steak. Drink: 2023-2029.”
Cellaring Potential
Drink now (decant for a minimum of 2 hours) or cellar confidently for up to 10 years.
Enjoy With
Duck confit with spring vegetables.
About Castle Rock Estate
Towards the end of 1981, the 55 hectare property was specifically selected by the principals, Angelo and Wendy Diletti, to grow premium quality table-wine grapes. The choice was based on the altitude, well-drained soils and excellent water catchment potential. The vineyard is located on Porongurup Road in the shire of Plantagenet. It is set high in the Porongurup Ranges, which are 40 km north of Western Australia’s south coast regional centre Albany. The altitude, 350 metres, and the position of the vineyard, which exposes the vines to cooling south-east breezes results in a prolonged growing season, enables the fruit to develop maximum varietal flavour and ripeness. Winemaker Rob Diletti’s philosophy of wine making is to be as unobtrusive as possible.
Rob was named the inaugural winner of James Halliday’s Australian Wine Maker of the Year for 2015 & was a finalist in the Gourmet Traveller Winemaker of the Year 2019. The Porongurup region with its cool winters and relatively mild summers is now rivaling Australia’s more well known cooler climate regions as a producer of top flight wine of the principal varieties.
