Paringa Estate The Paringa Chardonnay 2023

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Jeni Port - Winepilot

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.

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Jane Faulkner - Halliday Wine Companion

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.

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Erin Larkin - Robert Parker Wine Advocate

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 flavor and is really good—unreal, in fact. 13% alcohol, sealed under screw cap.

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Ned Goodwin - JamesSuckling.com

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.

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Campbell Mattinson - The Wine Front

This puts its foot down in flavour terms but it has its hands firmly at the wheel, and feels in complete control at all times. Grilled peaches, woodsmoke and cedarwood characters are the main drivers of flavour though there are grapefruit, apple and pear nuances if you look. There’s texture here, and there’s excellent thrust through the finish.

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Julie Sheppard - Decanter

This limited-production bottling is made from Paringa Estate's oldest vines – just nine rows, aged almost 40 years. White peach and citrus aromas with just a hint of buttery shortbread. Richness on the structured palate is countered by racy acidity, driving towards a long and zingy finish. Layers of fresh lemon citrus, grapefruit zest and a hint of lemon tart are all still tightly coiled at the moment; there's promise of much more to come with time in the cellar.