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Bondar 'Junto' Grenache Blend 2025
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- TASTING NOTE: "72/13/8/7% grenache (Rayner site and the Trott Vineyard)/mataro (Willunga)/shiraz (Rayner)/counoise (Rayner). There’s some bunch in the grenache, and the wine was raised in 1700–2700L vats. The medium-weighted, accessible, everyday-drinking red from Bondar, a wine made to fit the climate and culture of the region. And this nails it, again. Red fruits, pomegranate, cranberry, tart raspberry, rose petals, a background of dried herbs and spice. But it’s no disposable vin de soif, so informed it is by fine tannic detail, crunchy acidity and lingering flavour resonance. Such a beautiful thing." 95 Points - Marcus Ellis, Halliday
- ABOUT THE WINE: Junto is Spanish for ‘together’, and in this case means a union of old friends: Grenache (72%), Mataro (13%) and Shiraz (8%) and Counoise (7%). The Grenache is sourced from two sites. The majority comes from Bondar’s Rayner Vineyard, with supplementary fruit from a deep, sandy site in Blewitt Springs. The Shiraz is also home-grown Rayner fruit (70-year-old vines on sand), while the Mataro was sourced from the Lacey vineyard in the foothills of Willunga on the famed, rocky Kurrajong soils. All the fruit fermented with indigenous yeasts and matured in old oak. As always, the blend was composed with the idea that Grenache is the hero, with Shiraz supporting with roundness and depth and the Mataro lending spice, structure and tannin. The Counoise which has joined this years blend provides a fleshy undercurrent of deep red fruits.
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ABOUT THE PRODUCER: Andre and Selina Bondar established Bondar in 2012 with the purchase of Rayner Vineyard. The site is in the north of McLaren Vale on the border of Blewitt Springs and Seaview. It has deep sandy soils with ironstone rocks throughout. The 1950s-planted vineyard is dry-grown, organically managed and home to old bush-vine Shiraz and Grenache, with recent plantings of Counoise, Mataro, Carignan and Cinsault. The Bondars also purchase fruit—including Chardonnay, Fiano and Monastrell—from like-minded growers in McLaren Vale and Adelaide Hills. The style hinges on freshness: picking is earlier than most, extractions are gentle, and new oak is used sparingly. The range includes entry-level blends and straight varietals in white, red and rosé, plus premium, single-vineyard reds.
- COUNTRY: Australia
- REGION: McLarenvale, South Australia
- VARIETAL: Grenache (72%), Mataro (13%) and Shiraz (8%) and Counoise (7%)
- WINE STYLE: Red Wine
- WINEMAKER: Andre Bondar
- CLASSIFICATION: Sustainable Farming
- CLOSURE: Screwcap
- ABV%: 14%
- SIZE: 750ml
