“The extract and sheer intensity of this youthful, medium-bodied chardonnay is palate-staining from the impact of nectarines, mandarin peel and white peaches. There is crunchiness and a touch of flintiness, cashews and preserved lemon bitterness at the core and in the long finish. A real crowd pleaser.”

“Smoky nose, deep nectarine sweetness, crystalline acidity, bitter lemon. Pomelo. Richer and more intentional than their Peninsula Chardonnay. Smoke threading in and out of dramatic lemon (and lemon-zested-curd) fruit. Sliced arcs of acidity. Focused to the marble-hard, long edges”.

Fruit off nine rows of the original plantings, nearly 40 years old now; hand picked of course, whole-bunch pressed to French oak puncheons, wild fermentation, regular lees stirring and mlf. It’s developed into its own style over the years. This is brimming with stone fruit and citrus, creamy, luscious and nutty lees, some lemon tart, too. Yet the palate is led by acidity, refreshing and invigorating, tempering the rich winemaking inputs.

Sourced from just nine rows of almost 40-year-old vines, this cool, late-ripening and low-yielding vintage has produced a spectacularly refined and enduring result that proves that the magnificent 2022 was no one-off. Racy lemon, grapefruit and tangy white peach present a mesmerising contrast of concentration and tension of grand cru proportions, set off with crystalline acidity and perfectly harmonious French oak. Stunning!

The 2023 The Paringa Single Vineyard Chardonnay is highly aromatic, and the palate matches with an intense score of fruit, spice, saline acidity and fine phenolic structure. This lingers and curls across the palate and streaks out to the long finish. It has penetrating flavour and is really good – unreal, in fact.”

Pale straw yellow colour. Grapefruit, baking sourdough and a hint of cashew aromatics. There’s density and focus here, still showing primary characteristics but the harmony between citrus, apple and cashew is pitch-perfect. Wonderful length and precision, everything is fine tuned and not a hair out of place while it travels the long road to the finish.

By any measure, a luxurious Chardonnay densely packed in summer stone fruits and lively citrus that speaks of its maritime, cool climate. Textural and spiced filled, it’s all about the quality of the fruit. Nectarine, peach, melon, lemon oil and zest with vanilla peach custard and mineral saline notes, it brings a quince tartness and white peppery spice to the finish. The delivery is clean and long across some super juicy, tangy acidity. Plenty to sink your teeth into and plenty left in the tank.