In 1853 Thomas Hardy, the founder of Hardys wines, bought a large block of land alongside the banks of the Torrens River, three miles west of Adelaide, South Australia. It was here that he built Hardys Bankside Cellars. Sadly the cellars were destroyed by fire in 1905. This wine is a tribute to Thomas Hardys first cellar, which is depicted through an original photograph on the front label.

The Bankside Chardonnay is pale straw in colour, and exhibits aromas of peach and white pear. On the palate the wine displays intense peach, balanced with soft vanillin oak. This medium bodied chardonnay has with creamy yeast characters on the mid palate and a lemon citrus finish. This wine has been crafted to drink as a young wine.

This wine is full of character and flavour, while also offering exceptional value. Fruit for this wine was sourced from wine regions in South Eastern Australia, and was both mechanically harvested and hand picked in the cool of the night in order to retain freshness of flavour. After the fruit was crushed it was transferred to stainless steel tanks were it underwent a temperature controlled fermentation. A small portion has been exposed to oak, adding another dimension to this wine.