2022 BK Yandra Chardonnay

Highly Rated
Tiny release of single site Adelaide Hills Chardonnay, an initially tight and racy wine that evolves into a richer style. Complex and lovely.

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Brendon Keys has a love for making wines expressive of place, which is exactly what you see in his four single vineyard Adelaide Hills Chardonnays - all made the same way, with site and terroir the only variables.

The Yandra is a single vineyard site in Lenswood, and this is the first BK Chardonnay release solely from here. It is an aromatic explosion of apple blossom and honey, with the palate a two-tone experience of bright, tight acidity and some creme caramel/honeycomb on the finish.

It's got a little bit of everything all bundled up in a neat package. Another excellent example of Adelaide Hills Chardonnay from BK!

96 points
"This is a bit special. It boasts both power and elegance, but it's the length of the finish that seals it. Custard powder, apple, nectarine and nashi pear flavours work in with cedar and sea spray. It feels good, it tastes good, and it finishes beautifully."
- Campbell Mattinson (Halliday Wine Companion)

96 points - "This is a bit special. It boasts both power and elegance, but it's the length of the finish that seals it. Custard powder, apple, nectarine and nashi pear flavours work in with cedar and sea spray. It feels good, it tastes good, and it finishes beautifully." - Campbell Mattinson (Halliday Wine Companion)

This is one of our very favourite vineyards for many reasons – some
personal, some vinous – so being able to feature a single-vineyard
Chardonnay from this spot is a particular delight. Given the splendour of
the discreet little valley from which it hails, little wonder it glints like
sunshine in the glass. On the nose this is a huge, happy bouquet of
flowers with a waxy, honeycomb thread. A velvety front palate and
flavours deep into the melon spectrum with a crispy zip to finish. As any
reasonable parent knows, you never really love one of your children more
than the others, but there are those that are pretty easy to like. Yandra is
enormously likeable.

Region: Adelaide Hills, SA
Blend: Chardonnay (100%)
ABV:
Closure: 750ml
Bottle Size:
Production:

Price Bracket $51 to $100
Type White
Body Full Bodied
Variety Chardonnay
Country Australia
Region Adelaide Hills
Australian State SA
Feature High Score
Reviewed By Halliday Wine Companion
Critic Score 96
Size 750ml
Vintage 2022
Closure DIAM 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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