Porongurup

Porongurup

Pinot Noir

Such a bright, energetic and beautiful pinot from the Mount Barrow vineyard at the Porongurup. Seductive aromas of strawberry and raspberry. And then a palate that is light to medium-bodied but packed with power and delivered with elegance. Nice fleshy character is held with a firm core of tannin and oak. Retaining its bright energy through to a very long...

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Pinot Noir

Takes the village pinot up a notch with deeper layered complexity. The site-specific bright red fruits of strawberry and raspberry are augmented with a slightly more earthy, mushroom character that heightens that aromatic complexity. The palate is so seamlessly integrated, with silky fine tannins and gentle oak harnessing a wine with deceptive power and energy. This is right up there...

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Riesling

A wonderfully precise and distinctive riesling with great energy and drive. The aroma is spicy and minerally, with a wet slatey character and an intriguing granite-rock quality. The palate has a wonderfully precise, tense acidity with tremendous length and persistence. It finishes really zingy and lively. This is the first vintage Fervor has had access to fruit from the Gibraltar...

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Pinot Noir

Gosh, there are some excellent pinots coming out of the Porongurup. It's a small region, but it makes a big statement with this variety, and this is another one. Such a beautifully seductive, perfumed aroma to open. This is classic pinot. The light-bodied palate is absolutely seamless and harmonious, with a fine weave of silky tannins, gentle oak and that...

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Chardonnay

A beautifully expressive, powerfully intense and ultimately precisely defined chardonnay from the Porongurup. Aromas of meal and grapefruit with a little pithy lemon rind nuance. The palate is beautifully framed with a creamy texture, a little oatmeal and stone fruit influence, and fine acidity to support its structure and length. Just the faintest hint of struck-match complexity, which is most...

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Riesling

Oh yeah. You just have to love Porongurup riesling. The 2025 vintage, albeit slightly warmer, worked really well as a vintage in the cooler climes of the Porongurup. There's tremendous intensity initially on the nose, with a lemon rind and slightly pithy emerging character. A little spice and bath salts, and then a palate that is deeply intense, with good,...

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Riesling

Everything about this wine says elegance and refinement, even the beautifully tapered bottle. The aromas are distinctly mineral and spicy, with some lovely stone-washed characters, a faint hint of bath salts and a little lemon essence. The palate keeps that fine tension, but it's under control and still allows the fruit to express itself quite beautifully. Nice talcy acidity. A...

Porongurup

Pinot Noir

A fitting tribute to founders Angelo and Wendy Diletti. It’s a combination of the best batches of fruit which Rob Diletti believes best express what this quite special site is all about. Immediately, a characterful aroma is complexing and intriguing. Notes of dark fruits, mushroom and savouriness, and then a palate that is both plush and structured, with an essential...

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Pinot Noir

This wine takes things up a notch. Typically handpicked and then whole-bunch fermented, it’s a wine of both aromatics and structure and remarkable poise. The nose is immediately more complex, with less of the primary fruit aromatics and more interest from the savoury, slightly earthy notes that emerge. There’s tremendous structure and definition here, but all delivered with impeccable balance,...

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Pinot Noir

Here’s the deal. If you think pinot is not your thing, you’ve really got to get into these wonderful wines from Castle Rock. This sort of entry-level expression is just superb. Fairly typical floral notes of strawberry and slightly savoury, spicy notes on the nose. The medium- to light-bodied palate conceals deep intensity and structural power as a core of...

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Riesling

In this wine, Diletti has honoured the efforts of his parents, Angelo and Wendy, who started Castle Rock way back in the day. It’s a wine that builds on the natural purity of Porongurup riesling, but with the addition of whole-bunch pressings adding some further structure and phenolic tension. It is a marvellous example of what can be achieved without...

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Riesling

This is a sort of entry-level riesling, if you like. An immediately approachable wine with soft acidity but wonderful fruit characters exhibiting on the floral, minerally nose, and then the finely balanced, pure, crisp palate. Has an absolutely beautiful mouthfeel with a slightly talcy bath-salts character emerging. If you’re wanting to get into your rieslings, this one is right on...

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Riesling

This is such a beautifully complete and expressive riesling from the Porongurup. Diletti is a master of his craft, and in this finely balanced, deeply intense riesling, those skills are well to the fore. The palate has a spicy, minerally, citrus combination which leads into a wine that is fine and linear, with a high degree of tension but wonderful...

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Pinot Noir

This is another wine sourced from the Shepherd’s Hut vineyard. The colour is bright crimson and light red. This is quite a pretty wine of some elegance with the 40% whole bunch adding that structural mouth feel. The oak was a mix of puncheons and hogsheads for the oak treatment. Has a slightly rose petal and Turkish Delight character. Again,...

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Chardonnay

The fruit comes from an excellent Porongurup vineyard, Shepherd’s Hut. Reveals a sea spray aroma over lemon chalky characters. On the palate deeper lemon pith, brioche and the slightly chalky limestone minerality reveals. In the winery an oxidative approach is taken after hand and machine picking. It’s pressed to barrel with full solids and then naturally fermented before malolactic fermentation...

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Riesling

The fruit for this comes from the excellent Shepherd’s Hut in the Porongurup. Has a distinctive spicy character, which you get from rieslings in this region. All stainless steel with nine months on ferment lees to get texture and less manipulative winemaking in the winery. High acid. Love the textured mouthfeel of this wine. It’s more European in style. The...

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Riesling

This has developed into one of the state's finest and most consistent rieslings. It comes from the cooler environs of the Porongurup, and on the nose there’s a flinty, crushed wet pebble character working with a spicy, lemony citrus touch. The palate delivers a distinctly linear but intense flavour profile with chalky acidity, citrus notes, and regional minerality. It's delicate...

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Riesling

This is a lovely, fine and delicate riesling, showing good flavour intensity, with a tense minerality balance, with some lovely fruit characters. It’s a blend of Castle Rock vineyards and provides a delightful, immediate drinking style of wine. It's fine, it's lingering, and there's so much happening here, as it extends with precision and drive through to a sustained finish....

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Riesling

Another cracking riesling from this wonderful Porongurup vineyard, under the expert gaze of winemaker Rob Diletti. This one captures the season perfectly. You get all the fresh vibrant intensity that is riesling, but it gets delivered with an almost understated textural feel. The nose has a slight lemon scent with deeper notes of lemon pith, and an obvious talcy and...

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Pinot Noir

A tribute to Castle Rock’s founders, Wendy and Angelo, this is an exquisitely crafted wine of polish, texture, and depth. The colour is luminous and alive, belying its lightness with a driving intensity. Tannins and oak are finely tuned, harnessing the fruit into a wine that is focused and long through the palate. Despite the warmth of the vintage, the...

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Pinot Noir

A different expression from the standard pinot at Castle Rock, this wine reflects greater winemaking influence. Hand-picked and whole bunch fermented, it opens with perfumed aromas of cherry and strawberry. The colour is lighter, yet the wine possesses immense power. Fine chalky tannins and neatly integrated oak carry the wine through to an endlessly long finish. Classy and structured, with...

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Pinot Noir

Rob Diletti has proven himself one of the state’s finest winemakers, particularly in his handling of pinot noir. This shows elegance, with slightly savoury, truffly characters and vibrant fruit purity. Aromas of strawberry and cherry lead into a palate that rolls effortlessly, supported by fine tannins and well-integrated oak. Fleshy and textural, while retaining fine acidity. A testament to skilled...

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Chardonnay

Diletti has built quite a bit if winemaking into this very good chardonnay from what was a cooler season. After barrel fermentation, extended lees contact with solids has built a rich textural element into the palate. Aromas of grapefruit and mealy cashew characters on the nose. The palate is rich, but the tight linear savoury element defines the focus and...

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Riesling

Okay, Diletti flexes his considerable winemaking skills with this Porongurup riesling. It was barrel fermented and then received extended lees contact, all designed to build texture into a naturally fine and linear variety. You can only do this if you have the fruit and that was certainly the case in 2023. The spicy characters of the region have given way...

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Riesling

Consistently one of the best WA rieslings over many years, and even in a hideously hot season like 2024 the cooler climes of the Porongurup work their magic to produce a quality wine. More in the spicy minerally zone than pure citrus, as evident on the nose and the precise palate. Retains a fresh vibrancy with a lingering pleasing finish.

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Sauvignon Blanc

An excellent Porongurups savvy. It’s textured and flavoursome with a melon edge to the tropical fruit. Has 50% old puncheon fermentation and the rest stainless steel, which shows in the textured mouthfeel and palate structure. The approach has muted the primary punchy fruit characters creating a wine of complexity and interest. Love this wine with its aromatics and acid profile.

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Riesling

Interesting take on riesling. It's all Porongurups and all fermented in amphora. Light pressing and wild fermentation has helped build a palate profile. It’s a sort of non-conforming wine with flavour and texture. Muted and less profound citrus aromas, but there is still a keen acidity to the finish.

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Pinot Noir

The source of this exceptional wine are the oldest vines on the estate, planted by Angelo and Wendy Diletti in 1986. It is as good as any pinot yet made from this super vineyard. Seamless structure and silky smooth with a velvety mouth feel. The aromas of strawberry and plum merge with a slightly spicy earthy mushroom-like nuance. Effortlessly long...

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Pinot Noir

This is a completely engaging example of Porongurup pinot noir in the hands of a master winemaker. After the fruit was handpicked it underwent carbonic maceration with cold soaking. The old foot stomping technique was used before 10 months in oak. Seductive aromas of strawberry and darker plum with a savoury edge. The silky-smooth palate delivers a combination of power...

Porongurup

Pinot Noir

Opens with an exotic aroma of vibrant strawberry with slightly savoury nuances. It’s an engaging perfumed bouquet. The palate captures the season beautifully with a mix of sweet supple fruit with a dry savoury nuance supported by fine chalky tannins. Delivers a real burst of fruit intensity with the combination of 25% new oak and 16% whole bunch adding to...