2024 Paringa Estate Peninsula Pinot Noir, Mornington Peninsula

A blend from across Mornington Peninsulas vineyards, this brings something extra to the table for the price. An excellent current drinking pinot with lovely colour leading to vibrant aromas that build in the glass, fruit driven style strawberries and wild raspberry, then onward and upward into a ripe, tangy, red cherry top note.

In the mouth, it starts with freshly picked ripe red into black cherry flavours, on the tight palate with gentle tannin grip balancing, lifting and carrying the lively texture with good length of flavour.

Will reward short term cellaring of 3 years. Extra points for value for the price.   

94 Points, Rob Geddes MW, June 2025

Perfectly turned out. Sweet-sour cherry flavours, into strawberry, into violets, with sweet spice notes strewn throughout. Juicy and accessible but with enough tannin, and indeed oak, to both keep it in sound shape and to give it a bit of spunk. It’s not going anywhere in a hurry but it’s excellent drinking right now.

92 Points, Campbell Mattinson. TheRealReview, Mar25, Drink : 2025 - 2029

Vintage & Winery Notes

We source fruit for these wines from our Estate managed vineyards in Red Hill, and from a few other carefully selected vineyards around the Peninsula. These wines are an exceptional expression of the Mornington Peninsula style, with the emphasis on lively fruit. “The quality of these wines are often equal to many other vineyards best” (James Halliday).

Fruit was 100% de-stemmed and fermented in 2.5 tonne open fermenters. The fruit spent an average of 21 days in the fermenter on skins. Maturation took place over 11 months on lees in French Oak barrels.

The nose is bursting with lively red cherry aromas and spice. Whilst there is lots of red fruit on the palate, there is an appealing savoury tannin framework which gives structure and length.