White wine for red wine lovers and grown‑ups.
🏅 94 points – Vino Masters (Mar 2026)
“Clean, refreshing and well balanced… a modern Chardonnay showing freshness, ripe fruit and subtle complexity.”
📍 Region: McLaren Vale
🌿 Vineyards:
• 60% Lower Tintara (Kay’s Rd – planted by Thomas Hardy in the 1880s)
• 40% Lot 94 BSR, Blewitt Springs
🪨 Soils: Deep Holocene‑era sands (≈11,600 yrs old)
🌙 Harvest: Night‑picked (23 & 28 Jan) for freshness
🛢️ Winemaking: Wild ferment in seasoned French oak, partial malolactic, 5 months in barrel
🌱 Vegan | Screwcap
⏳ Drink now → 2029
🍷 12.5% alc
👃 Nose: Lifted stonefruit, citrus and melon with subtle oak.
👄 Palate: Creamy white peach and ripe stonefruit balanced by fresh citrus acidity. Gentle brioche notes from oak, finishing crisp and dry.
💰 $68.50 delivered for 6 bottles
💰$123.50 delivered for 12 bottles -> https://bechardy.com.au/products/bec-hardy-chardonnay-2025-1…
Honestly priced from the start. No inflated RRPs. No mystery juice.
🚚 Free shipping Australia‑wide
📦 Ships from McLaren Vale within 48 hrs
🏡 Click & Collect at our Cellar Door, 327 Hunt Road, McLaren Vale
🔥 OzBargain Top #5 Alcohol Store | 9 years posting
🎟️ Code: CHARDYDONE (one per order)
🧑🌾 About Us
We’re a sixth‑generation South Australian wine family, continuing the Hardy legacy in McLaren Vale. All wines are grown and made under our own labels - fresh, regional wines at honest prices. Real wines made by real people from a real place.


Thanks Richard, grabbed a 12pk. If this is anywhere as good as your Riesling I’ll be happy!