Black Pig Reserve McLaren Vale Mataro 2025

The hugely popular Black Pig family from McLaren Vale continues to grow with the arrival of this – a very welcome, delicious and luxurious newcomer to the family – a dark and savoury Reserve Mataro! In Spain it's known as Monastrell, in the Rhône it's called Mourvèdre, and wherever it grows it is usually used as a savoury component in blends, especially as the M component in GSMs. However, although rare, there are fantastic examples of it being vinified solo as here, and as this illustrates the results can be absolutely delicious. Mataro is a dark-skinned grape that adds structure, full body and savoury notes so naturally vinified solo tends to make wine that's great with food. But also, when the fruit is ripe enough, and the tannins balanced well by a skilled winemaker, it can also offer succulent fruit flavours of blackberries and plum – giving a lovely tension between sweet and savoury notes.