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Bondar Hope Springs Eternal Blewitt Springs Grenache 2024

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Bondar Hope Springs Eternal Blewitt Springs Grenache 2024
Producer Bondar
Region, Country McLaren Vale, Australia
Bottle Size 750ml
Product Code 26290-750

Bondar's Hope Springs Eternal Grenache is sourced from Sue Trott's Wilpena Vineyard in Blewitt Springs, widely regarded as a benchmark site for the variety. Planted in 1952, these dry-grown bush vines sit at 200 metres elevation on deep Maslin Sands, facing steeply east—an uncommon aspect in McLaren Vale that Bondar favours. The vineyard produces wines of remarkable power and structure, with a distinctive tannin profile and darker fruit character.

The parcel was divided into two ferments: one with 60% whole bunches, the other 30%. Élevage took place over 16 months in seasoned oak and Vin de Terre ceramic amphora. This is a wine that rewards patience, requiring time to harmonise and fully reveal its character.

The 2024 vintage was cool, with healthy yields from ample soil moisture in spring and early summer. A long, dry lead-in to harvest resulted in well-balanced wines combining freshness and flavour, embodying Bondar's philosophy of elegant, refined expression.

Bondar Hope Springs Eternal Blewitt Springs Grenache 2024

Reviews

"Trott vineyard, ’52-planted bush vines, about 60% whole bunch with a very gentle extraction, matured in seasoned Austrian oak, ceramic and sandstone amphora. The Trott vineyard often throws darker fruits and moodier florals, and they’re here, yet the core remains red fruited and the structure is agreeably tense, a conduit for the twin charge of acidity and silty, chewy tannins. The high whole-bunch component builds that tannin, plus adds spice, but is also discreet. Wild raspberry, sour black and red cherry, redcurrant gel, goji, rosehip tea, orange poached rhubarb. It’s a wine of deep intrigue rather than easy pleasures, savoury, structurally corded, far from difficult, but a wine to age, as is the intent."
97 points, Marcus Ellis, Wine Companion

Reviews

"Trott vineyard, ’52-planted bush vines, about 60% whole bunch with a very gentle extraction, matured in seasoned Austrian oak, ceramic and sandstone amphora. The Trott vineyard often throws darker fruits and moodier florals, and they’re here, yet the core remains red fruited and the structure is agreeably tense, a conduit for the twin charge of acidity and silty, chewy tannins. The high whole-bunch component builds that tannin, plus adds spice, but is also discreet. Wild raspberry, sour black and red cherry, redcurrant gel, goji, rosehip tea, orange poached rhubarb. It’s a wine of deep intrigue rather than easy pleasures, savoury, structurally corded, far from difficult, but a wine to age, as is the intent."
97 points, Marcus Ellis, Wine Companion

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