2024 Bondar 'Violet Hour' Shiraz

Producer: Bondar  |  Region: McLaren Vale  |  Grape: Shiraz

About The Wine

Named after the evocative sky beneath which Andre Bondar and Selina Kelly picked the last Shiraz bunches for their first-ever release of this wine, Violet Hour is a blend of fruit from 10 blocks in Bondar’s Rayner vineyard.

Each block has a different aspect and soils range from deep sand with ironstone rocks to clay over limestone. The Shiraz vines are some of the oldest on the property, reaching 70 years in some blocks—a key to understanding the depth and detail this wine can express.

Violet Hour encapsulates the Bondar style—fragrance, juicy fruit and lightness of touch. The winemaking is adapted to the season; both whole-bunch and destemmed fruit are used and the juice spends varying times on skins, depending on the block.

The wine sees seasoned oak only, usually for 10 months. The result is a seemingly effortless, transparent and deeply expressive wine that perfectly captures site, season and the Bondar style.

About Bondar

Based in McLaren Vale, South Australia, Bondar is a small, independent family run winery by the husband and wife team of Andre and Selina.

Their wines are made in the vineyard and their success lies first and foremost in their approach to planting and vineyard management. 

These are wines of outstanding quality. Bright, savoury, structured and mid-weight with superb concentration of flavour.

Snapshot

Region: McLaren Vale, SA

Country: Australia

Alcohol: 14%

Vintage: 2024

Size: 750ml

Closure: Screwcap

Variety: Shiraz