Bonarda on the vine.Smooth, creamy, with luscious black fruit, Bonarda is a kitten that just wants to be petted.
And there is no shortage of Bonarda kittens in Argentina: it’s the third-most planted grape variety in the country – the first is Malbec, the second Cereza (one of the historic Criolla varieties) – and one of Bonarda’s main, grower-appealing characteristics is its generous yields.
It’s especially the case in the warm, sunny vineyards of eastern Mendoza, w