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Castle Rock Estate
Castle Rock Estate is an Australian winery based at Porongurup, Western Australia, Porongurup, in the Great Southern (wine region), Great Southern wine region of Western Australia and owned and operated by the Diletti family. According to prominent Australian wine writer James Halliday (wine), James Halliday, it has an exceptionally beautifully sited and immaculately maintained vineyard, winery and cellar door (wine), cellar door sales area with sweeping vistas from the Porongurup National Park, Porongurups. Winemaker Castle Rock Estate's winemaker is Rob Diletti, son of founders Angelo and Wendy Diletti. Rob was one of 12 scholars at the 2005 Len Evans Tutorial, 2006 Wine Selectors Young Winemaker of the Year, a finalist for the 2012 Gourmet Traveller WINE Winemaker of the Year and, in 2015, Rob Diletti was named Wine Companion Winemaker of the Year. In 2019 Rob Diletti has been named a finalist in the Gourmet Traveller Wine Magazine Winemaker of the Year. Awards In 2018 Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great Southern (wine Region)
The Great Southern wine region is in Western Australia's Great Southern region. It comprises an area from east to west and over from north to south, and is Australia's largest wine region. It has five nominated subregions for wine, the Porongurups, Mount Barker, Albany, Denmark and Frankland River under the geographical indications legislation as determined by the Australian Wine and Brandy Corporation. The vineyards spread throughout the area known for production of high quality vines have significant variations of terroir and climate dictated in part by the distance however the region is the coolest of Western Australia's viticultural areas, with a similar maritime influenced Mediterranean climate to Margaret River although with slightly less rainfall. This diverse region is known for Riesling, Chardonnay, Cabernet Sauvignon, pinot noir, Shiraz, and Malbec.T. Stevenson ''"The Sotheby's Wine Encyclopedia"'' pg 589 Dorling Kindersley 2005 J. Robinson (ed) ''"The Oxford ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |