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Paulmara Estate was established by Paul and Mara Georgiadis in 1999, with the first vines planted by Paul on their Marananga home block in 1995. In 2011, They purchased their Paradigm Vineyards in partneyship with 4 other like-minded friends. Combining these two vineyards, Paulmara Estate has the opportunity to select the best parcels to service the brand.
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The 2020 growing season was dry with winter and spring rains being well below average. Flowering unfortunately was interrupted with frosts and very strong winds, coupled with very cold nights. December was hot and dry with 11 days over 35C and 8 days over 40C.
As a result, bunch size was below average with smaller than normal berry size. A mild February with approximately 20mm of rain on 1st February slowed down phenological ripening allowing us to hang the grapes to ensure full flavour ripeness, whilst retaining natural acidity. Yields across the board were down between 50-80% depending on the vineyard. Wines produced, have saturated colours, intense aromatics and great flavour concentration and length. Overall an exceptional year!
he fruit is sourced from 8 rows of our estate grown Nero d’Avola, planted in 2012, located in Marananga in the Barossa Valley.
Complex aromas of Moroccan spices play a secondary role.
Rich mouth-coating flavours of forest fruits, dense midpalate with savoury French oak spice and fine grain tannins. Ironstone mineral edge with long finish.
The region received good early rains in autumn 2020 to replenish some moisture in the profiles, after coming off the driest back to back seasons ever experienced. Winter rains were average and those vineyards that supplemented with irrigation to get moisture to depth set the vines up for spring growth and spring rains were above average. Temperatures in November were above average without any significant weather events paving the way for fantastic fruit set. January 24th was the only day that the region experienced temperature above 40ºC. Not surprisingly, the subsequent mild conditions meant bunch and berry size remained average, achieving a great balance between quality and quantity. A vintage that can be described as almost “perfect”, not only ideal sugar ripeness but also physiological ripeness for quality wine production.
The fruit is sourced from estate grown low yielding Shiraz (1654 clone) vines from Block1A that were planted in 1995. The majority of the fruit harvested has been sold to Penfolds over the last decade and has attained selection into Penfolds Grange seven times. A very small volume is retained for the production of the SYNA Shiraz.
Fleshy fruit palate of red currant, cranberry and rhubarb. Slatey mouth-wateringnatural acidity is partnered with powdery fruit tannins adds complexity and structure.
A great follow-up to the 2019 vintage! It will be interesting to see how this wine develops in the bottle over the next 5-8 years. Well suited to Mediterranean dishes, spit roasted lamb or chargrilled quail.
