Riesling
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
96
Castle Rock is one of Australia's greatest producers of Riesling and this is a world class example. The wine is a light yellow with a fleck...
Grenache
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
90
A bigger wine coming from the warm 2016 vintage. The nose has dark cherry and rhubarb fruit, but carries a touch of alcohol warmth. A generous and mouth filling wine...
Chardonnay
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
88
A light yellow in the glass with a nose of oyster shell with white peach and nectarine to background citrus notes. The palate is all about citrus and has hard...
Other Red
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
93
The wine was produced from dry grown vines in the estate vineyard and is a generous example of straight Cabernet Franc that will have many admirers. A...
Chardonnay
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
94
The grapes for this wine come from one of the most intimidating yet beautiful sites in the Macedon Ranges; welcoming when bathed in sunshine and foreboding on a cold, wet...
Shiraz
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
95
The wine is made in the Amarone style with the grapes dried to reduce the amount of water in the berries and accentuate the concentration of the grapes. This is...
Chardonnay
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
94
I have followed Castle Rock for a number of years, they are well known for Riesling, but also craft a lovely Chardonnay. The 2017 is much more elegant and compact...
Shiraz
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
94
A decadent vanillin thread to plum and blackberry fruit with violets and faint liquorice notes. This is a wine of impeccable balance with a backbone of fine grained tannin with...
Other Red
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
93
A blend of 96% Sagrantino and 4% Cinsault, the wine opens up with an earthen nose that enjoys liquorice strap with some herbaceous notes alongside bright black berry fruits; The...
Tempranillo
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
90
There is a touch of sappiness and earth to dark berry fruits with leather notes slowly building with time in the glass. The wine beguiles the nose with what is...