George Mihaly's fastidiously farmed single-site Pinot Noir estate, appointment-only tastings, often led by George himself.
Known for George and Ruth Mihaly EstateL'ami Sage Pinot NoirAppointment-Only TastingsSingle-Site Biodynamic Farming
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Why we’d goOne of the very few Peninsula estates where the founder is routinely in the room, pouring and talking, on a Saturday afternoon.
Paradigm Hill is a single-site Pinot Noir and Chardonnay estate run by George and Ruth Mihaly on a block between Merricks and Balnarring. The tasting experience is deliberately small in scale: appointment-only, usually led by George himself, and structured around the kind of slow walk through a single year's wines that you only get at properties where the founders are still on the ground. George's obsession with the site, the farming, the timing, the winemaking decisions, comes through in every conversation.
The wines are among the more cerebral on the Peninsula: a house style that leans into acid and structure rather than immediate fruit, and a single-vineyard approach that rewards cellaring. The L'ami Sage Pinot Noir is the bottle to understand first. The Col's Block is the one to take home and set aside.
This is a cellar door for people who want to spend an hour with the person who made the wine. Book well ahead, and go prepared to listen as much as to taste.
Worth knowing
If you only do one thing
Taste the L'ami Sage Pinot Noir before you buy anything else, then ask George about the vintage decisions, because that conversation is half the value of the visit.
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