Shiraz, The Paringa Single Vineyard, Paringa Estate 2018
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Why this wine
Mornington Peninsula is far better known for Pinot Noir, yet Paringa Estate's Shiraz is the wine that wins it trophies. This is the single-vineyard bottling from a north-facing block planted in 1985, given 21 days on skins and 18 months in French oak, and 2018 was one of the estate's strongest vintages in three decades. Cool-climate Shiraz with pepper and structure rather than jam.
At a glance
- Grape
- Shiraz
- Region
- Victoria, Australia
- Alcohol
- 14.00%
- Body
- Full
- Acidity
- Medium
- Tannins
- Medium
- Sweetness
- Dry
- Drink
- Medium (5-10 yrs)
- Pairs with
- Red Meat, Barbecue, Cheese
How it tastes
Savoury plum and cracked black pepper on the nose, then rich spiced plum, blackberry and liquorice across the palate. Full and powerful but held in check by fine-grained tannins, with real structure and length rather than sheer weight. Shiraz 100%.
The producer
Paringa Estate sits in the heart of Victoria's Mornington Peninsula and is one of the most highly awarded boutique wineries in Australia, regularly taking trophies for Shiraz, Pinot Noir and Chardonnay. The fruit for this wine comes from a north-facing block on Paringa Road planted in 1985, at 146 metres in the cool Red Hill sub-region, on the typical red volcanic Ferrasol soil, with vines trained on a distinctive Lyre or 'U' trellis carried on a steel frame. Hand-picked fruit was fully destemmed and cold soaked for four days before inoculation, then spent 21 days on skins in open fermenters with gentle plunging, followed by 18 months in French oak barrels, half of them new. The 2018 season brought excellent flowering, an almost perfect fruit set and consistent mild summer temperatures without heat spikes, and ranks among the estate's best vintages of the last thirty years.
Food and drinking
Serve at 16-18C, decanted an hour ahead. Good with roast lamb shoulder, peppered steak, smoked brisket or a hard sheep's cheese. Drinking well now and through the next ten years or so. Sealed under screwcap. Suitable for vegetarians and vegans.