BONDAR GSM 2023 - red

Style: Savoury & DetailedIn 2014 we acquired the Rayner Vineyard, Chalk Hill Road, McLaren Vale. Our home. Set on a hillside on the border of the Blewitt Springs and Beautiful View (Seaview) sub-regions just North of the township of McLaren Vale, the Rayner Vineyard is one of the better known blocks of the region. Vine plantings date back to the 1950s when the property was owned by the Rayner family, and are made up mostly of what the region does best, Shiraz and Grenache. BONDAR WINESA Southern Rhone style blend that is intended to be unpretentious and an easy to drink, bistro style. The Grenache leads the blend with its pretty red fruits and perfume, and the other varieties help to 'complete' the wine, elevating it to a more complex and balanced place. The main contributors to this are the Shiraz which adds flesh, and the Mataro which gives savoury spice and some structure. The Cinsault contributes high-toned red fruit flavours and lightness from its 11% alcohol, and the Carignan gives deeper, darker flavours with a beautiful herby lift and structure. The wine is aged entirely in old French oak hogsheads to allow gentle micro-oxygenation without contributing any overt oak flavour. grenache/shiraz/mataro/cinsault/carignan. It feels even finer and more elegant than prior. A cool year, yes, but it feels like evolution, too. Either way, what a charming thing it is, redolent of blue and red florals, just-picked wild raspberry and bright-red cherries, along with hardy Mediterranean herbs. It’s not just about front, though, with a fine and complex netting of natural tannin and a vivid line of acidity. What elevates it is skipping the easy path of pulpy frivolity for a gastronomic architecture and lightness of feel." - Marcus Ellis JAMES HALLIDAY 94Region : McLaren Vale, SOUTH AUSTRALIAVariety: Rhone blendABV: 13.5%Liquor Act 2007. It is against the law to sell or supply alcohol to, or to obtain alcohol on behalf of a person under the age of 18 years. Lic No. LIQP770016424*We endeavour to ensure the correct vintage is displayed, however some variations may occur in store and for delivered bottles.