Medium-deep garnet colored, the 2007 "Reserve" Shiraz displays ripe blackberry and violet notes with an undercurrent of black pepper, truffles, smoked duck breast, tar and baking spices. The palate is a very elegantly fruited with a medium body, crisp acid, medium-firm velvety tannins and savory layers lingering long into the finish. Delicious now, it should drink through 2020+. Paringa Estate in the Mornington Peninsula bears no relation whatsoever to the Paringa Estate in South Australia apart from sharing similar names. This vineyard and winery was established in the Red Hill sub-region of Mornington Peninsula in 1985 by Lyndsay McCall. A school teacher with a calling to make high quality wine in the then largely un-tapped Mornington region, Lyndsay had no formal winemaking training. Yet his ingenuity, creativity and drive allowed him to develop individual viticultural techniques (particularly his adapted Lyre trellis) that bring out the best from his unique site and clones. In spite of the vintage trials, he's made some very exciting recent releases.Paringa Estate does not currently have a USA importer, though exports to China, Japan, HK, Denmark, UK, Singapore and Taiwan.

Deep garnet-purple colored, this wine has intense notes of black pepper, red cherry, some black raspberry and humus. Medium bodied with crisp acid and medium-firm fine chewy, slightly astringent tannins, it’s just a little lean on the flesh though finishes long and clean.