2022 Paringa Estate 'The Paringa' Pinot Noir

95 POINTS

Jeni Port - Winepilot

Top of the Paringa Pinot tree and everything steps up a notch; structure, fruit concentration and tannins, adding to the wine’s overall ageing potential.  Dusty beets, earth, dark chocolate, black cherry and cedary toasty oak light up the aroma.  Solid, well-built and coiled, it does a slow reveal delivering layers of red and dark fruits, earth, dark roasted spices, savoury tapenade and roasting pan juices. Crushed herbs build on the middle palate and gain momentum closing with leafy green characters on the finish. Well positioned for a bright and long future.

93 POINTS

Ned Goodwin - JamesSuckling.com

Dark cherries, plums, lilacs and crushed musk, with an undertone of dried herbs and orange zest. This medium-bodied pinot is juicy and savory rather than excessively sweet, with well-shaped tannins. While it’s more savory than most California pinots, those who like that style may well relish this.

93 POINTS

Jane Faulkner - Halliday Wine Companion

At this youthful stage, it’s all fragrant, with enticing aromas of florals, especially red roses, and wafts of blood orange, chinotto and dried herbs. The fuller-bodied palate takes in those characters but feels as though it’s still finding its way. Tannins are brusque, and this needs more time to flesh out and garner complexity. And it will.

92 POINTS

Erin Larkin - Robert Parker Wine Advocate

The 2022 The Paringa Pinot Noir is less fragrant than it is flavorsome, with layers of cherries, smoked almonds, aniseed and white pepper, autumn leaves and tapenade. The finish extends into leather, wafts of malt and oat, woodsy spice and fresh grated nutmeg. It feels very "of the earth," propelled by texture. It's a sophisticated wine. 13.5% alcohol, sealed under screw cap.