Pertaringa Yeoman Shiraz 2024 | Bottle

Region: McLaren Vale

Story: Bec's great-great-great grandfather, Thomas Hardy, was born in 1830 of yeoman farmer stock farmers who owned and farmed their own land. Six generations on, Bec and her family are still of yeoman descent, cultivating grapes at the family-owned and sustainably managed vineyards. With a modern twist on 170 years of winemaking history, this wine pays homage to Thomas Hardy's original yeoman stock.

Vineyard: This is a single vineyard Shiraz from the Lesley vineyard. The Osmond family who own the Lesley vineyard don't know the exact age of these vines, all they know is that they are more than 140 years old. The vineyard is located north of McLaren Flat where the old, gnarled vines produce amazing quality, concentrated fruit. 

 Soils: The soils in this vineyard are deep alluvial clays from the Holocene era (11,700 years old). This area would have been a flood plain that was first planted by settlers so the soils retained water and the vines grew well, even before irrigation. 

Winemaking: Small batch open fermenters. 40% new French oak hogsheads for 20 months.

Nose: The nose is gracefully opulent and complex, showing dark and purple fruit richness, spicy oak, dark chocolate and warm spice aromas.

 Palate: The palate is concentrated and smooth with layers of rich black fruits, liquorice, chocolate and spices, displaying terrific weight and flash texture

 Cellaring: Drink now to 2038

Tasting notes: 2021 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2010

96 Points - Winepilot (Ken Gargett), Oct 2026
"A single vineyard Shiraz from McLaren Vale, the specific vineyard is the Leslie vineyard. The owners are unable to pinpoint the exact age of the vines, but they do know they are in excess of 140 years. Old vine McLaren Vale Shiraz from an excellent vintage, what more could you possibly want? Maturation was in French oak hogsheads for eighteen months, 30% of them new. Under cork.
Dark cherry in colour with a magenta rim, this is still youthful and even a little bit closed at this stage. That said, everything is in place for this to become something really rather exciting. Aromas weave through notes of chocolate, black cherries, aniseed, cloves, coffee beans, cassis and smoked meats. The wine blossoms even more on the palate with plums and cocoa powder emerging. There is great length here and we keep seeing the appearance of chocolate throughout. The wine finishes with silky tannins, and intensity is maintained at all stages. This really is going to be a bit special. Twenty years."