JAMES HALLIDAY, THE AUSTRALIAN, 23 JULY 2022
Wine Columnist
The annual challenge and the opportunity that confronts most winemakers worth the name explains why each accepts the gruelling vintage hours and inadequate pay. The challenge is to make greater wines than ever before, and if the growing season is marred by bad weather, to better handle the ensuing grapes. In terms of overall time, one-third is for setting the foundation, two-thirds for “attention to detail”….
2021 Castle Rock Estate Diletti Porongurup Riesling: Free run juice is fermented in puncheon and barriques. The bouquet gives hints that are transformed on a palate with its operatic trumpets of flavours circling the ultra-intense lime/lemon core. One of the most spectacular young Australian rieslings I have encountered. That length, that power. 11% alc, screwcap
