Lindeman's Bin 65 Chardonnay White Wine

Lindeman's Bin 65 is a Chardonnay, a white grape, in a standard 750 ml bottle. Across ten stores in our September 2026 checks, the lowest observed price was $7.99, which puts it among the least expensive whites we track.

Lindeman's is the name on the front, and the house behind it has a confirmed history. The producer says Dr Henry Lindeman founded the winery in the Hunter Valley in 1843, and that Bin 65 itself, now the brand's best-known wine, launched first in Canada in 1985 before returning to Australia in 1991.

Lindeman's own tech sheet for Bin 65 confirms the grape gets time in oak: the stated maturation is French oak, and the producer's tasting notes describe aromas of peach, fig, tropical fruit and toasted oak, with a medium-bodied, crisp finish, the maker's own words. The finished wine lists 13.5 percent alcohol. One figure on that same sheet looks out of step with a wine sold in stores today: the listed harvest and bottling dates point back to 2016, which for a high-volume, year-round release like Bin 65 reads as a stale template figure rather than a record of the bottle actually on shelves now.

So far, 1 rating puts it at 5, on the store listing's five-point scale. Chardonnay can be made in a lighter shape without oak or given more weight with oak aging. Official category guides describe a ladder of ripeness for the grape, with citrus and apple on the lower rungs and stone fruit, then tropical fruit, higher up. Aging in oak barrels, or resting the wine on its spent yeast, can add toasted, spicy notes and a rounder feel, though those come from choices in the cellar rather than from the grape itself.

The highest we recorded in those same September 2026 checks was $12.99.

Our call: a sensible pick if you want a fully documented, oak-aged Chardonnay at one of the least expensive whites we track; Lindeman's own sheet confirms French oak maturation, a 13.5 percent alcohol finish and a house history running back to 1843. Pass if you want current production details you can fully trust; the same sheet's harvest and bottling dates read as leftover 2016 template figures, and the single five-star rating on our record is one shopper, not a pattern.

The Grocery Store Wine Desk · written Sep 16, 2026 from our research file for this wine. Numbers reflect our latest checks.