Bondar Nero Cellar_Release low-yielding vines

low-yielding vines

Merlot (25%)

This is classic Pyrenees Cabernet with lashings of blackcurrant

Third-generation family members now run De Bortolli

The full-bodied palate is bright and flavoursome

Bondar Nero Cellar_Release low-yielding vinesProducer "Bondar's Nero d'Avola comes from a young block of vines (grafted onto '90s Cabernet Sauvignon rootstock) on the rocky clays of the Willunga foothills, right on the southern end of the McLaren Vale region. Andre Bondar keeps the winemaking intentionally light handed, crafting a wine to be enjoyed in its youthful splendour. This is only the fourth release of this wine. This year 60% of the fruit was destemmed, wild fermented and moved to old