95 Points - Marcus Ellis
Bondar Wines was declared "A superstar estate, but a down-to-earth one" in the recent Halliday Wine Companion 'Top 100 Wineries of 2025'. Ranked the nations's 29th best winery on this distinguished list, it underlines the big impression Bondar has made since its first vintage back in 2013.
This 2025 Bondar Fiano is a lovely example of the vibrant, personality packed wines Bondar are currently producing. There’s a lovely and fleshy apple-driven nose with some white blossom and a touch of chalkiness. It’s fresh and packed full of bright flavours and pulpy texture, undercut by livewire acidity and gentle grip. It’s made to accompany warm summer nights and smoky barbequed fish.
"95 Points. Mainly from Ben Lacey’s Branson Road vineyard in Tatachilla, supplemented with fruit from the Minchella family, also in Tatachilla. Predominant steel ferment, with some older oak and amphora, then blended and raised in steel for four months. The '24 was the best Bondar fiano I have seen, and this sits squarely beside it. Golden apple and corella pear, sea spray and air-dried linen, lemon balm, orchard blossom - so lively and energetic for a warm and dry year. Again, texture, pithy detail and vigorous but supremely harmonious acid tension wrap up the story. Great drinking here. $35. 13% alc. Drink: 2025 - 2028"- Marcus Ellis, Halliday Wine Companion.
