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Frankland River

Red Blend

A more fragrant and perfumed wine than the excellent 2019. It also reveals a slightly firmer spine of chalky tannin and oak. It's a blend of cabernet sauvignon with shiraz and malbec from Frankland River. Super saturated fruit intensity from this excellent vintage provides a palate coating textural feel. Hugely concentrated and immensely powerful palate is expertly controlled to a...

Great Southern

Riesling

The fruit comes from Mount Barker and shows that characteristic spiciness on the nice. Then there's more of the varietal citrus and slaty minerality. A fragrant wine revealing a delightful palate purity with intense fruit delivered to a sustained finish. There's a pristine character about it.

Great Southern

Pinot Noir

This comes from Castelli's home block in Denmark. It's light boded yet conceals plenty of power within it's lightly framed palate. Aromas of varietal sour cherry weave through slightly gamey notes of damp earth and mushroom. Smooth and seamlessly integrated palate provides focus to an effortlessly long finish.

Great Southern

Pinot Noir

A firmish light-bodied pinot displaying those beautiful spicy cherry notes that announce this as pinot. A slightly savoury earthy infusion provides further palate engagement. It's neatly woven with fine chalky tannins and a sliver of oak. A wine that excels at this price point.

Great Southern

Shiraz

It's a combination that has worked so well for Castelli, who source the fruit from the vineyards of Frankland River. Generous and smooth palate profile with excellent integration of sumptuous fruit and fine-grained oak. Rolls effortlessly along the palate.

Great Southern

Syrah

A most attractive highly perfumed syrah from Albany. Doesn’t have the weight and opulence of the Frankland River version, but there is refinement and elegance here presented with a touch of flare. Bright red fruits have a slightly ferrous minerality working through. The finish is long and focussed. Lots to like about this one.

Frankland River

Syrah

Here is a window into the magnificence of the ’23 vintage in Frankland River. There are going to be many outstanding wines from this season, and this one will be right up there with the best of them. Succulent and delicious with a mix of blue and red fruits on the nose sprinkled with spices and a light chalk dust....

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...

Porongurup

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...

Porongurup

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...

Porongurup

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

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...

Porongurup

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,...

Great Southern

Pinot Noir

Another outstanding pinot from Castle Rock. Diletti has managed to combine the immense power and flavour of this variety in a very good vintage with a degree of subtle finesse to create a thoroughly beautiful example of pinot noir from the Great Southern. The intense strawberry fruits are complemented with a savoury element. Seamless with a fine lingering acidity. Makes...

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...

Porongurup

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...

Porongurup

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...

Western Australia

Pinot Noir

This pinot is sourced from Albany and is quite different from the Manjimup version. It might get down to a personal preference, although both are good. The colour is pale and the aromas show slightly more pure fruit characters with the reds fruits merging with blue fruits. The palate is supple with a friendly mouthfeel supported by fine silky tannins...

Frankland River

Tempranillo

Captures so much of the essential character of this Spanish variety. Comes off Frankland River bush vines and the use of a mix of new and used American and French oak has allowed it to maintain its supple smooth textural fruitiness. But there are tannins in there to add support through the middle. The use of good old-fashioned fruit stomping...

Frankland River

Mourvèdre

Frankland River produces lots of great fruit, and mataro is certainly a variety that does exceptionally well. The natural rustic earthy character are captured in the ironstone soils of the region. Interesting winemaking included whole bunches in old puncheon, and whole berry and open fermentation techniques. Love the vibrant red berry characters on the nose and the palate with the...

Manjimup

Pinot Noir

Manjimup is the source for this really nice pinot from an excellent year. The colour is pale crimson which is often the case with pinot. The aromas reveal notes of cherry and light raspberry with a liberal sprinkling of spices. Then the palate. It’s light bodied but has good intensity with slightly mushroomy earthy characters working with the primary red...

Great Southern

Tempranillo

Two varieties that sit so well together. A rich and ripe generously proportioned blend with a stack of dark fruits flowing through the palate. The shiraz comes from Mount Barker and the tempranillo from Frankland. Aromas of plum and mocha with a little prune juice lift. Then the palate delivers a dark chocolate red and black fruit combination.

Western Australia

Shiraz Blend

This is a blend of Mount Barker shiraz and Frankland River tempranillo. It’s designed to be a juicy and immediately friendly drinkable red wine. Aromas of dark plums, cherry and raspberry combine, then the palate offers a fleshy juicy flavour combination. It’s medium bodied and screams out for a bowl of pasta.

Margaret River

Shiraz

A super value for money shiraz sourced from the Great Southern. Typically, soft and generous with medium body. Plush plum and spices with a little cracked black pepper. The oak is muted to allow the fruit to express itself.

Frankland River

Shiraz

A delicious wine packed with ripe blackberries, plum, spices, and chocolate. It is well-poised with fine silky tannins and fine-grained oak, offering a lovely long finish. It’s a wine that offers so much and delivers well beyond its price point. Just love the textural grainy palate with its punchy, vibrant red fruits.

Great Southern

Riesling

An intense aroma of spices and tart lemon greet on the nose. The palate is laced with minerally citrus fruit delivering a tangy crunchy mouth feel. Fresh as a daisy and ideal as a current drinking wine of great value.

Great Southern

Cabernet Sauvignon

Beautiful South, indeed. Comes off the Riversdale vineyard using a mix of different clones for the cabernet sauvignon, malbec and merlot. A thoroughly deliciously engaging red blend offering plush bright fruit flavours augmented by some gentle oak treatment and supported by a fine thread of tannin. The textural feel in the mouth is sublime.

Great Southern

Red Blend

The combination of separate parcels and clones has been brought together here with cabernet, merlot and malbec off the Riversdale property combining into an exceptionally stylish and flavoursome wine. Lifted aromas of black fruits, blackberry and bay leaf lead into a palate delivering richer dark chocolate and black fruit combinations, seamlessly integrated with fine oak and minerally tannins. Everything sits...

Frankland River

Red Blend

After a somewhat slow start as a result of the cool vintage, these ’21s have really started to hit their straps with the extra time in bottle, and here is the perfect example. It’s from that Riversdale Vineyard again. On the nose, you get a mix of blackcurrant, ironstone and a little vanilla pod. The palate has a varietal purity...

Great Southern

Cabernet Sauvignon

Silky smooth and elegant cabernet from the special Block 6 within the Riversdale Vineyard. There is an ethereal aroma here of violet and red fruit with a cedary blackcurrant overlay. Once you reach the palate you are in a heady zone. Refined and graceful lines based on fine chalky tannins and a liberal well managed use of oak carry the...

Frankland River

Cabernet Sauvignon

This is an exquisite and poised example of Frankland River cabernet sauvignon. It comes off the specific Block 6 on the Riversdale property, which consistently produces outstanding fruit. The nose displays a lovely red and black fruit combination, while the palate presents with a slightly lighter body, although still concentrated and immensely powerful, delivering an effortless, elegant, and refined finish....

Frankland River

Cabernet Sauvignon

This is a top-drawer cabernet from Cherubino. It comes from a specific block in the Riversdale Vineyard in Frankland River. After handpicking, it was left on skins for two months before maturation in new and one-year-old French oak. So it’s had plenty of time to pick up the colour, concentration and structure that you want with high-class cabernets. Despite all...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

Highly perfumed Margaret River cabernet that provides a point of difference to the excellent '19. This delivers a velvety smooth palate deep with rich and opulent fruit flavour from this highly concentrated vintage. It is quite effortless as it takes you through the mid-palate and into a stunning long finish. The tannin and oak work on the palate is superb....

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

Just starting to hit its straps. Most of the ‘19s seem to take that little extra time to come together and release their full potential. This is one of those. It's off the Pedestal Vineyard in Margaret River. Typical blackcurrant and leafy graphite and black olive nuances. The palate is generous and full, with a dark chocolate and black fruit...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

This is a blend of cabernet, malbec and cab franc from the Pedestal vineyard in Margaret River. It's a soft and quite supple wine of excellent aromatics with the perfumed influence of the cab franc quite evident. Has a chewy chocolate richness with supple tannins in support. Nice wine.

South West

Cabernet Sauvignon

A mighty impressive wine for this price. Soft and generous medium-bodied blend from fruit out of the South-West. Plenty of black fruit with a richer plummy pudding contribution from the merlot. Supple and friendly mouthfeel makes for excellent drinking at a great price.

Great Southern

Cabernet Sauvignon

A glorious example of Frankland cabernet. The varietal notes of blackcurrant and a little black olive are beautifully infiltrated by that regional ironstone character. The palate is a powerhouse with a firm core of new and one-year-old oak working with the firm chalky tannins to carry effortlessly through to a sustained finish. Still quite tight at the moment but extended...

Frankland River

Cabernet Sauvignon

Here's a wine that expresses so much about the Riversdale Vineyard and Frankland River. Loads of blackcurrant fruit, ironstone, liqueur cherry and dark chocolate provide a compelling aromatic beginning, then the palate reveals power, concentration and balance. The astute, restrained use of oak allows the fruit quality to shine. That touch of savoury ironstone, almost rusty nail, on the palate...

Frankland River

Nebbiolo

I've become a bit of a fan of nebbiolo in recent years, finding its structure, palate weight and complexity engaging. The issue has always been managing the tannins, and this is probably why, in this case, after hand-picking and sorting, it’s been given 100 days on skins before maturation in foudres. This has allowed the tannins to integrate perfectly, which...

Great Southern

Shiraz

The elegance and charm of this vintage in Frankland River is immediately evident. Much of the finesse refinement comes from the use of the new Waldron, 470 and 174 clones. It is a sumptuous shiraz that draws on the beautifully fragrant and flavoursome fruit of this region. Ironstone and spicy plummy fruit flavours with chocolate coating to complete. A crowd...