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Exhibitor Bondar Wines
Show 2024
Class 29
Entry Number 29#3
Brand Bondar Wines
Wine Name Monastrell
Vintage 2023
Origin Single Vineyard
Viticulturist Name Ben Lacey
Commercial Label Yes
Availability Website, Edinburgh Cellars
Judging Results
Medal / Award Silver
Judge 1 Deep dark wine, but overly herbal. Lacking balance.
Judge 2 pepper/spice/tomato leaf/rocket; super concentrated and rich, so much grip and tannin, loads of black fruits/blood plums, acids well placed against the frame. long long length
Judge 3 Sweet boysenberry fruit over flinty slate. Lovely chewy extract and pith and an innate freshness
Associate Judge Muted aromatics. Orange zest. Lovely drying tannins. Even keel wine. Tense. Taught. Saline
Varietal: Mataro / Mourvèdre / Monastrell, GI: McLaren Vale, 100%
Clone Unknown, Roostock: Unknown, 100%
Soil Type Clay,Rocky
Elevation 75 Metres above sea level
Planting Density 1666 Vines / Ha
Planted 1990
Irrigation Dripper
Growing Method Sustainable Certificate: SWA
Crop Yeild 12.00 Tonnes / Ha
Harvest Date 05 / Apr / 2023
Rainfall 690 (mm) Rainfall from July to June in the year(s) of harvest
Wine Making Information
Ferment Open Fermenter 100%
Maturation Small Format Oak 100%
Bottling Date 26 / Jun / 2022
Closure Screw
Cases Produced 122
Force Class False
Winemaker Note Andre Bondar