Bondar Rayner Vineyard Grenache 2024 boal-branco The wine shows youth

The wine shows youth

Giancarlo Roman of Tuscany and Ed Sbragia of California

It can never disavow its origins as we find all the complexity that is so well known for characterizing Haut-Brion: its notes of smoke

A long period of ageing in small oak barrels was needed to round off this very powerful wine

The palate has smart oak integration and just sits in front of the cherry and tang of the fruit expression

Bondar Rayner Vineyard Grenache 2024 boal-branco The wine shows youthSourced from the western side of our 1970 planted Grenache block on our Rayner Vineyard, where the yields are lower with smaller berries and bunches, and the vines face gently east so miss the hot, late afternoon sun. Planted on sand, this block is dry grown and managed organically. The fruit is hand picked. We really want the Rayner Grenache to be pretty, yet savoury, and generally a more elegant expression of the variety. We believe that this is