2020 Bondar Chardonnay

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. 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.

This release is pure and taut without overt oak or artifice. A truly lovely wine and yet another success for this impressive McLaren Vale outfit.

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. The 2020 vintage produced tiny yields for Chardonnay in the Adelaide Hills, with crops up to 50% down in areas of the Rathmine vineyard. The resulting wine is a beautifully balanced version with intense white peach flavours sitting proudly on top of more subtle cedar oak and a flick of reduction.

90 Points - "White peach, almond and lemon peel, with some spicy cedar oak, and a slight smokiness. It’s fresh, some lemon oil in with green melon, firm acidity, powdery texture, but the finish is a little ashen and clipped, or so I think. Good wine, but the feel is that it doesn’t quite stretch its legs. I’d drink sooner rather than later." - Gary Walsh (The Wine Front)

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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