2010 Paringa Estate Pinot Noir

Pale ruby. Big, rather brawny nose. Sweet start and then rather accentuated acidity and marked fine tannins. Definitely needs food. A little uncomfortably sweet. I suspect the tannins may always be a little too much for the fruit. But there is freshness here. (JR)

From three leased vineyards and a superior vintage. Pale ruby. Very pale rim. Rather farmyardy nose, indistinct. Some light spice. A hint of beetroot. A bit expensive for what it is – tough finish. Clean and refreshing though. Lightweight. (JR)

Pale ruby with touch of orange, the 2010 The Paringa Pinot Noir offers a nice mature nose with some rose hip tea and underbrush notes wafting over a core of redcurrant jelly and preserved cherries providing a great bit of funk to the mix. Very fine and elegant on the palate that has tons of warm berry and earth flavor layers, it is framed by silky tannins and a long, lively finish.|||Paringa Estate in the Mornington Peninsula bears no relation whatsoever to the Paringa label used in South Australia apart from sharing similar names. This vineyard and winery was established in the Red Hill subregion of Mornington Peninsula in 1985 by Lyndsay McCall. A school teacher with a calling to make high-quality wine in the then largely untapped Mornington region, Lyndsay had no formal winemaking training. Yet his ingenuity, creativity and drive allowed him to develop individual viticultural techniques (particularly his adapted Lyre trellis) that bring out the best from his unique site and clones. The style of the Chardonnays has gone finer and more elegant in recent years. They are now fermented on full solids and little or no malolactic is employed with the notable exception of the 2012 WB Chardonnay, in which case the glorious results justify the means! eRobertParker.com.February, 2015