Pertaringa Two Gentlemen GSM McLaren Vale 2022

The two gentlemen in question are the founders of Pertaringa, Geoff Hardy and Ian Leask. The fruit is a blend of 50% Grenache from the Zuzolo Vineyard, 30% Shiraz from the Klavenick Vineyard and 20% Mourvèdre from Rogers Rd. Discrete fermentation followed by nine months in seasoned French oak before blending. Deep purple, this is ripe and plush with chocolate, licorice, mulberries, cassis, red currants and a note like a richly flavoured (is there any other kind?) chocolate mud cake. Exuberant in style, there is good length here, with the intensity maintained for the full length of the wine. With soft tannins this is delicious and suitable to enjoy over the next five to ten years.