2025 Castelli Estate Riesling, Great Southern

A bracing, tense, and crunchy riesling sourced from three sub-regions within the Great Southern. Distinctive citrus and minerality on the nose with a slightly slatey, spicy character. The palate carries plenty of intensity with a citrusy, lemony, meringue-like flavour combo. And that slightly wet slatey minerality adding definition. Intense, long, and a wine with some cellaring potential.

94 points Ray Jordan Wine Review 2027

Castelli Estate was established in 2004 by Sam Castelli as a holiday retreat for his family, but his Italian wine winemaking heritage soon saw the completion of a partially built winery and expansion of the established vineyard.

Located on Mount Shadforth, the north-facing hilltop site in the Denmark subregion of WA’s Great Southern is home to an eight-hectare vineyard planted primarily to several clones of Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. Estate grown fruit is complemented by fruit sourced from premium growers across the Great Southern as well as Pemberton.

Work at the winery is today lead by Andrew Vesey, with the 2025 Riesling a Great Southern blend of fruit sourced from vineyards in Mount Barker, Porongurup and Denmark.