2024 Bondar Adelaide Hills Chardonnay

96 pts
A deep love of Adelaide Hills Chardonnay is fully realised here by winemaker Andre Bondar. Gorgeous. Pure. Chardonnay.

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Since his time working at Nepenthe, Andre Bondar has loved Adelaide Hills Chardonnay. Now, with his own label, he has the chance to make it just the way he likes it.

He found a cool little vineyard in Echunga, at 400m ASL, had the fruit picked by hand, pressed it as whole bunches and sent it to barrel and ceramic eggs to ferment at its own pace. Nine months later, this gorgeous little wine emerged, with the warmer 2024 vintage lending extra plushness and oomph.

For a guy who owns a vineyard in the heart of 'big reds' country, Andre Bondar knows his way around a Chardonnay as well as anyone.  One of SA's best Chardonnay buys!

96 points
"A hint of oyster shell are all finely composed, yet also intense. That harmony – and quiet power – carries through to the palate, the acid electric but coiled within the fruit and fine texture, accented with wet slate and stone-fruit-kernel nuttiness, the length exceptional."
- Marcus Ellis (Halliday Wine Companion)

96 points - "A new label design, with the vineyard source on the front, though it has been a constant for over a decade. One Stockinger demi-muid and seasoned oak in this low-yielding vintage. All native barrel fermented and full mlf. Aromas of white nectarine, lemon curd, toasted hazelnut, oatmeal, ground ginger and a hint of oyster shell are all finely composed, yet also intense. That harmony – and quiet power – carries through to the palate, the acid electric but coiled within the fruit and fine texture, accented with wet slate and stone-fruit-kernel nuttiness, the length exceptional." - Marcus Ellis (Halliday Wine Companion)

Customer Reviews

Customer Reviews

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Peter T.
Loved this wine

Medium bodied and delicious. Perhaps the best Adelaide hills chardonnay I can think of!

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Catherine S.
Solid body weight but well balanced

This is well received for the slow to recover chardonnay trend it’s a fruit driven but elegantly weighted chardonnay

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ADAM R.
Good value, but nothing outstanding

OK, so for $33 it is good value. But its not a 97 point wine no matter what James Halliday says! For an extra $12 the A. Rodda chardonnays are in a different league.

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Chardy l.
Delish!

I love this wine - went back and bought another three bottles.

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Rachel
Beautiful Chardonnay

Really great value with this Chardonnay (especially when DD has it on sale!). First time trying a Bondar wine. Really crisp and beautiful. Loved it.

Fruit sourced from a single vineyard in Echunga in the Adelaide Hills. Hand-picked and lightly pressed straight to barrel sans sulphur, the juice was allowed to ferment naturally in French oak barrels (about 25% new) for ten months.

Price Bracket $41 to $50
Type White
Body Medium Bodied
Variety Chardonnay
Country Australia
Region Adelaide Hills
Australian State SA
Feature High Score
Reviewed By Halliday Wine Companion
Critic Score 96
Size 750ml
Vintage 2024
Closure Screw Cap

Bondar Wines

Andre & Selina Bondar are one of the great modern Australian wine success stories. We have been massive fans of their wines since their very first vintage and tell anyone who will listen that if you want to taste what modern McLaren Vale wines are all about then this is who you need to try.

Their home block, the highly decorated Rayner Vineyard, which straddles the Blewitt Springs and Seaview sub-regions of The Vale, was originally planted back in the 1950s but the Bondar family chapter in that vineyard's story will be its most significant. Dre and Sel's wines are honest and vibrant, built more on freshness and digestibility rather than raw South Australian power.

They make brilliant, vibrant Grenache, balanced and concentrated Shiraz, elegant Adelaide Hills Chardonnay, and one of the country's most bankable Rose wines plus a raft of small-batch alternative varieties. Their range nails quality and drinkability at every turn.

Andre & Selina Bondar - McLaren Vale, SA Discover Bondar Wines

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