Hope Springs Eternal is a new project for Bondar, with the vision to produce great, elegant, age-worthy wine from vineyard sites we believe to be among the best for the variety in the region.
These wines are currently exclusively available to our mailing list and wine club members via pre-release offer, coming in early June 2026. If you would like to sign up to the mailing list and receive the offer please email us at cellardoor@bondarwines.com.au.
2024 Hope Springs Eternal Chardonnay- 95+ points, Halliday Wine Companion
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A new wine in this lineup, from Bowyer Ridge vineyard, Lobethal, at over 500m. Three barriques, two older, one second fill, with full mlf. This needs a little time, with winemaking tricks pleasingly absent, but the acidity is coiled, crimping in flavour, of which there is ample, and texture. Cool nectarine, moving into ripeness, lemon, green pear, a stone fruit-kernel nuttiness, fig leaf, faint traces of oak spice. There’s a little creaminess, a crème brûlée note, appealingly fine pithiness and then the acid drive. The length is impressive. Just give this a year or so to bring out its best – it will be interesting to see its arc." - Marcus Ellis
