2025 Bondar 'Junto' Red | GSM

Producer: Bondar  |  Region: McLaren Vale  |  Grape: Grenache Blend

 About The Wine

Junto is 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. The fruit was picked early to catch freshness and around 20% whole bunches used 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 not too much to maintain the delicate freshness of the Grenache. This vintage, 7% Counoise from the Bondar vineyards was also included. This variety produces light, fresh, red-fruited wine at an elegant 12% alcohol, making it an ideal blending option here.

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

JUNTO (Spanish, Portuguese): ‘Together’

"For me, wine is about food, friends and family and should reflect place and enhance experience. I like my wines to be delicious, but also to be interesting; that little bit different to stand apart from the norm."

- Andre Bondar

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: 2025

Size: 750ml

Closure: Screwcap

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