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Paulmara Estates

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 partnership with 4 other like-minded friends. Combining these two vineyards, Paulmara Estate has the opportunity to select the best parcels to service the brand. This vineyard is situated in Marananga on the golden mile of the Barossa Valley. The vineyard was planted in 1995 for the aim of producing premium wine grapes to service Penfold’s Icon wines. Soils vary across the vineyard from red-brown loams over red clay, with ironstone to red-brown loams over clay and limestone. At the top of the hill you can see sand over yellow clay combined with buckshot iron stone. The Vineyard Altitude ranges from 250-290m above sea level which fortunately protects the vineyard from any severe frost events. Irrigation is only applied during critical stages of phenology to ensure ideal physiological ripeness. Everything in thier vineyards is managed with a level of ‘attention to detail’ to ensure the best results possible. Technology is used to measure moisture at various levels in the soil profile, which allows tham to make well informed decisions based on observation and scientific data.