JUNTO (Spanish, Portuguese): ‘Together’
Grenache (72%), Mataro (13%), Shiraz (8%), Counoise (7%).
Junto is supposed to be medium bodied, fresh, unpretentious and delicious. It is Grenache-led, with blue and red fruits and fresh herbs a great template for this style of wine. We pick as early as we dare to catch freshness and use around 20% whole bunches to give the wine a tightness, and herbal nervy feel. The blended varieties help to ‘complete’ the wine, elevating it to a more complex and balanced place. The Mataro is always an outstanding parcel, with deep, spicy red fruit flavours and great structure. Shiraz adds deeper black fruits, but we take care not to use too much to lose the delicate freshness of the Grenache. In 2025 we have also included 7% Counoise from our own vineyard. This variety produces light, fresh, red-fruited wine at an elegant 12% alcohol, making it an ideal blending option here.
95 points - Halliday Wine Companion (2024 vintage)
"This is such a joyful wine, year in, year out. Here again, the pleasure resides. Popping with red berries, cherries, cranberry, musk, rose and a dukkah-like toasted nut and spice note, if that’s not too much of a stretch. It’s lithe, textured with silky ribbons of fruit marshalled by finely tooled grip. There’s nothing from this address that isn’t top drawer, regardless of style, and this is such a pure delight." - Marcus Ellis
