With a good intensity of tropical fruit aromas, the 2008 Estate Chardonnay gives notes of pineapple, green mango, apricots and lemon curd with hints of toast and cedar. Full bodied, crisp, rich and silken textured, it has a long minerally finish. Drink it now through 2016+. 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.