2021 Paringa Estate Single Vineyard 'The Paringa' Chardonnay 750ml Alvarelhão I feel it needs one

I feel it needs one of those big

fleshy and sweet

It tastes like a lozenge dropped in dust

The ancient 500-million-year-old geology in the vineyard has given rise to soils that are deep red-brown clay-loam to clay

It builds such a weight of flavour through the mid-palate that you wonder if it’s going to get stuck there – and then it just sails on as if everything has been taken in its stride

2021 Paringa Estate Single Vineyard 'The Paringa' Chardonnay 750ml Alvarelhão I feel it needs oneStruck match, grapefruit pith, bacon fat, green melon and a whiff of gun flinttheres a real lift of complex aromatics. The palate is focused, layered and long, plenty of pithy citrus fruits, mineral and tight, linear acidity. There's real brightness and a textured, phenolic grip. Lively, punchy and layered. 12 Feb 2022 Drink 20222029 98 points Wine Companion While the Estate chardonnay works off a racy, linear theme and offers more class, The Paringa