The Shiraz Mataro blend has a distinctive texture and flavour. Yet every style grape variety being the Shiraz emerged from elegant, peppery cool climate styles Heathcote in Victoria to more intensely flavoured spicy styles of Coonawarra and Margaret River to powerful and minty Clare Valley, sweet and chocolaty McLaren Vale, muscular, and ripe-fruited  Barossa, and leather and rich  Hunter Valley. Shiraz, which has traditionally been blended in both cool and warm climates with Mataro grape varietal is al warm climates.

Mourvèdre is the name used in France; Mataró is used in Portugal and parts of the New World; and Monastrell is used in Spain. In English-speaking wine producing areas, Mourvèdre is most commonly used and is the official name used by the U.S. Though the grape was originally named after a Spanish town, the word "Mourvèdre" is of French derivation.