2021 Bondar Vestige Grenache

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Powerful, balanced and hypnotic McLaren Vale wine - an utter masterclass in Grenache!
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There aren't too many things in life better than a proper Grenache - a wine which fits comfortably in itself, neither too light nor too heavy, bursting with fresh red fruits but also carrying a savoury weight to it. One that has impressive, and delicious, length but also drinkable moreishness. This wine is one of these.

Sourced from premium fruit, with a bit more time spent in oak than Bondar's normal M.O., this is a serious wine which doesn't take itself too seriously. Despite all of its complexity, all of its impressiveness, it retains a certain levity, freshness and joie de vivre which is typical of Bondar. Brilliant stuff.

Our home is the iconic Rayner Vineyard in McLaren Vale. We want to make wines that are lighter, brighter, more savoury, structured and intriguing. The lowest-yielding vines were hand-picked, and natural fermentation took place.

92 Points - Crystalline ruby-red colour with purple tints at the rim. Raspberry, karkalla and boudin noir aromatics. Medium to full-bodied, with dark fruits and warm oak spices filling the palate. A firm grip of gravelly tannins adds further tension and presence sending it long on the palate. Food would make the most of those tannins.' Stuart Knox (The Real Review)

95 Points - "Rich, dark raspberry, nutty, some gum leaf and mint perfume, but so much power here. It's distinctly minty and gum leafy, as is the way with many wines from this sub-region, but my word, the texture and old vine power here is superb. Raspberry, strawberry, spice, tastes like Cynar, or a delicious old school Amaro, with concrete dust tannin and super length. Such presence and impact. Unreal. A great and different expression of McV Grenache!" - Gary Walsh (The Wine Front)

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    New Bondar? Yes thanks.

    Excited to try the two new grenaches from Bondar. Expecting great things, but haven't opened these yet. Will arrange a side-by-side tasting as the warmer weather arrives.

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Bondar Wines

Andre & Selina Bondar are one of the great modern Australian wine success stories. We have been massive fans of their wines since their very first vintage and tell anyone who will listen that if you want to taste what modern McLaren Vale wines are all about then this is who you need to try.

Their home block, the highly decorated Rayner Vineyard, which straddles the Blewitt Springs and Seaview sub-regions of The Vale, was originally planted back in the 1950s but the Bondar family chapter in that vineyard's story will be its most significant. Dre and Sel's wines are honest and vibrant, built more on freshness and digestibility rather than raw South Australian power.

They make brilliant, vibrant Grenache, balanced and concentrated Shiraz, elegant Adelaide Hills Chardonnay, and one of the country's most bankable Rose wines plus a raft of small-batch alternative varieties. Their range nails quality and drinkability at every turn.

Andre & Selina Bondar - McLaren Vale, SA Discover Bondar Wines

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