Pertaringa Over the Top Shiraz 2024

Region: McLaren Vale

Story: Acknowledging the very best site, climate, vines and production techniques, this Shiraz is named Over The Top to proudly declare our aim to make the finest wine we possibly can.

Vineyard:  Sourced from two vineyards; Osmond's Penny's Block located on Blewitt Springs Rd, just outside McLaren Flat, and Warraminga Park on Kays Rd, Blewitt Springs. Penny’s Block is one of the first areas planted in McLaren Vale because the area was a flood plain, so the soils retained water and the vines grew well, even before irrigation. Warraminga is situated next door to the Upper Tintara Vineyard, which was the first vineyard Thomas Hardy owned in McLaren Vale. Warraminga Park vines were planted in 1960 from Upper Tintara Ancestry, and it is one of the higher and cooler areas of McLaren Vale.

Soils: Osmond’s Penny’s Block has deep alluvial clay soils from the Holocene era (11,700 years old). Warraminga Park soils are sandy loam, which would have been sand dunes originating from the Holocene (11,700yrs)

Harvest Date: 4 March 2024 (Penny’s Block), 6 March 2024 (Warraminga)

Winemaking: Both parcels were kept separate and made in small batch open fermenters for 9 days on skins. Pressed directly to oak for completion of MLF, followed by maturation for 15 months in both new and aged French oak puncheons and hogsheads. No fining and minimal filtration.

Nose:  The nose is elegant and complex with aromas of cherries and plums with spicy notes of pepper and cloves, complemented by toasty oak.

Palate: The palate is rich and concentrated with notes of raspberries, cherries, liquorice root, and spice with well-integrated oak, followed by velvety tannins and a long finish.

Cellaring: Drink now to 2034

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