2021 Paringa Estate Single Vineyard 'The Paringa' Chardonnay 750ml Alvarelhão Hellyers Road Vintage Triple Cask

Hellyers Road Vintage Triple Cask is a vatting of two parcels of casks laid down in 2014 (Sherry and Port) and 2016 (American oak and Port)

Clear and bright condition

followed by no fining

char-barrel shell at this early stage

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

2021 Paringa Estate Single Vineyard 'The Paringa' Chardonnay 750ml Alvarelhão Hellyers Road Vintage Triple CaskStruck 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