Pertaringa Undercover Shiraz

Pertaringa Undercover Shiraz

Pertaringa Undercover Shiraz

Story: The Undercover Shiraz is named in recognition of McLaren Vale’s history of supplying other regions with our finest red grapes. Known as the mid-palate of Australia, McLaren Vale fruit is well regarded for its ability to improve the quality and richness of wines from other regions.

Vineyard: This Shiraz is a blend of three different McLaren Vale vineyards. The Lower Tintara vineyard was originally planted by Thomas Hardy in the 1880’s and is located on Kays Road – this block of Shiraz was planted 20 years ago. The Picnic Grounds Vineyard right next door to Lower Tintara, and originally owned by Thomas Hardy and the Price Vineyard located at the gate to McLaren Vale.

Soils: The soil for Lower Tintara and Picnic Grounds is a sandy loam called Maslin Sands which are between 34 and 56 million years old. The Price vineyard soils are siltstone and rocky and originate 650 million years ago from Reynella Siltstone.

Harvest Date: 20 March (Lower Tintara), 4 March (Picnic Grounds) and 29 February (Price Vineyard)

Winemaking: Parcels for this blend were harvested and made separately in the winery before barrel selection and blending just prior to bottling. Fruit was crushed and fermented in both open and static fermenters. Wines spent 8 days on skins before pressing directly to barrel for maturation. This wine spent 20 months in new and seasoned French oak hogsheads.

Nose: The nose shows dense black cherry and dark plum fruits with lifted oak spice.

Palate: The full-bodied palate is packed with concentrated dark fruits and supple rich tannins that give great length of flavour

Cellaring: Drink now to 2030

Awards / Recognition:

95 Points – Vino Masters (Russ Gallagher) May 2026
Dark, bold and seriously seductive.