Struck-match, grapefruit pith, bacon fat, green melon and a whiff of gun flintāthereās a real lift of complex aromatics. The palate is focused, layered and long, plenty of pithy citrus fruits, mineral and tight, linear acidity. There's real brightness and a textured, phenolic grip. Lively, punchy and layered.Ā 12 Feb 2022 DrinkĀ 2022ā2029
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While the Estate chardonnay works off a racy, linear theme and offers more class, The Paringa is all power. More of everything in this. More malty oak, mlf, lots of barrel ferment flavours, a density across the palate and lots of reduction ā funky and flinty sulphides loved by many. As its power has been harnessed, it's behaving. Just.