Pale ruby in color, the 2008 Estate Pinot Noir gives a predominately earthy nose with pronounced notes of ripe raspberries and red cherries over dusty earth, beetroot and moss covered tree bark. Medium bodied with a medium level of grainy tannins and high acidity, it offers a generous amount of berry flavors that go long into the slightly minted finish. Delicious now, it should cellar to 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.