Bondar Junto Grenache Mataro Shiraz 2024

Written By Campbell Mattinson
Mattinson review of Bondar Junto GSM 2024.

Bondar Junto Grenache Mataro Shiraz 2024
$32, 14% alcohol, screwcap, McLaren Vale.

Fine-grained wine. Elegant. Lengthy. And lovely. This is a grenache-mataro-shiraz blend from McLaren Vale that I loved drinking. It tastes of raspberry, red cherry, sweet spice and purple flowers, and it feels tight and exactingly-well-crafted throughout. Reduction has been put to positive – though modest– effect too, adding a slight smokiness, and adding to that tight, dry impression. If you like the light-spicy-structural style, you'll love this. 93 points.

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