Tasting Notes
Named for Bannockburn founder Stuart Reginald Hooper, our SRH Chardonnay uses fruit sourced from our oldest Chardonnay vines at Olive Tree Hill Vineyard. This single vineyard site always delivers real fruit weight despite low alcohol levels, the crystalline acidity adds life and longevity, and the lees contact texture and interest. As always this is a wine which will reward cellaring. - Winery Note
Bannockburn Vineyards is a pioneering, family-owned estate in the Moorabool Valley near Geelong, Victoria, founded in 1974 by Stuart Reginald Hooper. Driven by a lifelong passion for Burgundy, Stuart planted classic varieties—particularly Pinot Noir and Chardonnay—on challenging, low-fertility volcanic and limestone soils to create wines with a pronounced sense of place.
Today, the vineyards span multiple estate-grown blocks, from early plantings in the 1970s to carefully managed newer sites, including high-density Chardonnay and Pinot Noir plots such as Serré, Olive Tree Hill, Grigsby, and De La Terre. These single-vineyard sites are tended with purpose—dry-grown, organic in conception, and crafted to showcase vineyard personality.
Under winemaker Matt Holmes, who began in 2015, the style has evolved with minimalist intervention, wild ferments, and more flexible whole-bunch use, bringing a new finesse and purity to the wines while still honoring the estate’s terroir-first philosophy.
Bannockburn’s wines—from estate blends to celebrated single-vineyard bottlings—express depth, mineral detail, and structural precision. The estate remains a benchmark for Victorian cool-climate wine, marrying Burgundian inspiration with a uniquely local identity.
| Product Type | Wine White Chardonnay |
| Volume | 750ml |
| Country | Australia |
| Region | Victoria |
| Sub Region | Geelong |
| Winemaking Practices | Minimal Intervention |
| Vineyard Practices | Organic/Biodynamic |