2025 Bondar Junto GSM

The ultimate in drinkability. A pitch-perfect modern McLaren Vale red that truly delivers for the price.

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"Junto" is Spanish for "together," and that sums up the philosophy behind this wine perfectly. It is Andre and Selina Bondar's take on the classic McLaren Vale blend, but stripped of the heaviness you might expect from the region. This is designed to be fine, frisky and fresh, a wine built for bistros and backyards rather than the cellar.

The 2025 release is Grenache-dominant (72%), providing the perfume and juicy red fruit core. Mataro (13%) adds a savoury spice and structure, while a small splash of Shiraz contributes a bit of plushness. A notable addition this year is the 7% Counoise from their own vineyard, a variety that helps keep the alcohol in check and lifts the freshness.

To keep things in the lighter spectrum, the fruit is picked early and fermented with around 20% whole bunches. This gives the wine a tight, herbal nerve that cuts through the fruit sweetness. In the glass, it is loaded with blue and red berries, fresh herbs and a savoury lick that keeps you coming back. It is pure McLaren Vale fruit without the sunburn.

"Junto is supposed to be medium bodied, fresh, unpretentious and delicious..."
- Andre Bondar

JUNTO (Spanish, Portuguese): ‘Together’

Grenache (72%), Mataro (13%), Shiraz (8%), Counoise (7%).

Junto is supposed to be medium bodied, fresh, unpretentious and delicious. It is Grenache-led, with blue and red fruits and fresh herbs a great template for this style of wine. We pick as early as we dare to catch freshness and use around 20% whole bunches to give the wine a tightness, and herbal nervy feel. The blended varieties help to ‘complete’ the wine, elevating it to a more complex and balanced place. The Mataro is always an outstanding parcel, with deep, spicy red fruit flavours and great structure. Shiraz adds deeper black fruits, but we take care not to use too much to lose the delicate freshness of the Grenache. In 2025 we have also included 7% Counoise from our own vineyard. This variety produces light, fresh, red-fruited wine at an elegant 12% alcohol, making it an ideal blending option here.

Price Bracket $31 to $40
Type Red
Body Medium Bodied
Variety Grenache
Variety Style ["Grenache Blends"]
Country Australia
Region McLaren Vale
Australian State SA
Size 750ml
Vintage 2025
Closure Screw Cap

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.

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