Bondar Nero D’avola 2023 (6 Bottles) McLaren Vale

by Fine Wine Cellars

$184.00 GST Included

AUSTRALIA WIDE SHIPPING INCLUDED

100% Nero d’Avola.

Young vine. Soil is rocky alluvial clay, kurrajong geology. A western aspect approximately 100m above sea level. The vineyard is right on the southern edge of the McLaren Vale region boundary, with the Adelaide Hills ‘hills face’ zone to the immediate south. It is a windy place, with strong gully breezes making life tough for all growing things, adding a savoury side to the fruit profile.

The grapes were picked at the end of March, a good few weeks after Shiraz, with still very high acidity, inherent to the variety. The majority (60%) of the fruit was destemmed, fermented with wild yeast and moved to old oak barrels for elevage. The balance (40%) was fermented as whole bunches, and left on skins in ceramic egg for 3 months. The two parcels were then blended and bottled in October. The young vines give a lighter feel, with freshness and soft structure. An ideal red for summer months with some slight chill.

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About Us

We are a little family wine company making wines from our favourite regions McLaren vale and Adelaide Hills. Our home is the iconic Rayner Vineyard in McLaren Vale. We want to make wines that are lighter, brighter, more savoury, structured and intriguing. Different.

Over the last few years since we started this endeavour we have been honoured to be named James Halliday’s Best New Winery in his 2017 Australian Wine Companion, to have won multiple trophies at the McLaren Vale Wine Shows we have entered, and to have been named one of the Top 50 Young Guns of Wine in 2018 and 2020.

Fine Wine Cellars

On the one hand, our role as a merchant of all things wine & spirits could not be simpler. We aim to source the most delicious, the most authentic, and the highest quality products possible from Australia and around the world in order to offer them to our clients. We live or die by how well we perform this task. Of course things are rarely as simple or as easy as they seem. Hunting for wines & spirits is no different. Apart from the months spent travelling, countless days and evenings spent tasting and the outrageous wine expenditure in the name of ‘research’, sourcing quality wine and spirits requires expertise and experience. Understanding the potential of a producer and their products is much more than just a slurp and a spit.