2008 BK Wines Ma Fleur Chardonnay
2008 BK Wines Ma Fleur Chardonnay

2008 BK Wines Ma Fleur Chardonnay

97 pts
BK Wines |Adelaide Hills |Chardonnay
A Jura-esque 15 year barrel matured Chardonnay from BK in the Adelaide Hills.
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Description

This is one absolutely fascinating wine. As the maker calls it, "one of those rare vinous once-in-a-lifetime, money-cannot-buy (well… except it kind of can) experiences..."

BK had intended this to be part of his flagship Chardonnay blend back in 2008 but just wasn't totally happy with how the oak in this barrel sat in the final blend.

So, he rolled the barrel into the back of the shed and after topping it for a few years, basically forgot about it for over a decade. A slight flor developed over the juice, protecting it as the wine slowly matured. It turned nutty and saline, golden and viscous, but kept the racy acid line that is the signature of BK's Chardonnays.

It's essentially a little slice of Jura winemaking born in the Adelaide Hills. 150 bottles total in existence. The rarest of rare gems. One for the trainspotters out there and unlike anything you've ever tasted before in Australia.

"Salty and flor-driven saline. Jura, the archetype... Stunning! Knee-jerking and thrill-seeking! Like an early model Alfa Romeo or a Sydney dance party before the nanny state cabal."
- 97 pts, Ned Goodwin MW (JamesSuckling.com)

97 points - "Salty and flor-driven saline. Jura, the archetype. Pithy apricot, Meyer lemon, curry leaf and a certain sandiness, with salt mulched into brine. The sheer intensity of this wine cannot be bridled by pithy commentary. Stunning! Knee-jerking and thrill-seeking! Like an early model Alfa Romeo or a Sydney dance party before the nanny state cabal. Drink or hold. Screw cap." - Ned Goodwin MW (JamesSuckling.com)

This is one of those rare vinous once-in-a-lifetime, money-cannot-buy (well… except it kind of can) experiences. The year is 2008, Obama is making his first run for the Big House, the Kings of Leon are top of the Hottest 100, the Hottest 100 is still on January 26th, and Ma Fleur is born – our flagship Chardonnay… but for this one barrel. It was new French oak and, frankly, we just didn’t love the toast and so back it went, way back to the recesses of the barrel room. For a time, it was topped annually and then – as the years rolled on and a decade and a half rolled past (past Mumford & Sons, past Macklemore, past Rudd and Gillard and Rudd again, past a global pandemic), at some point the topping ceased and the barrel just sat. A light dusting of flor developed across the surface, locking in and evolving a little window to our past. The toast we didn’t love has given way to cultured butter and grapefruit pith, the very characters you’d expect from 15-year-barrelled Chardonnay made in a hot vintage but with a firm line of acidic structure. Hints of cashew. Drink history.

Price Bracket $101 and Above
Type Amber
Body Full Bodied
Variety Chardonnay
Country Australia
Region Adelaide Hills
Australian State SA
Feature Natural/Lo-Fi
High Score
Reviewed By James Suckling
Critic Score 97
Size 750ml
Vintage 2008
Closure Cork

BK Wines

BK Wines is one of the poster boys of the modern artisan wine movement in the Adelaide Hills.

Owner/winemaker Brendon Keys is not afraid to do things differently. His wines toe the line perfectly between a lo-fi and scientific approach to winemaking. The wines are precise, edgy and layered, showing the perfect intersection of a natural wine ideology and sound technical craftsmanship.

His wines are creatively imagined, an artist meets skateboarding punk rocker kind of vibe. And they have a very solid and well-deserved following. In short, BK is one of the more respected producers of the Adelaide Hills avant-garde.

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