2023 BK Gower Pinot Noir

94 pts
A small-batch, single-vineyard Pinot that captures both Brendon Keys’ distinctive style and the lifted elegance of a cooler Adelaide Hills vintage.

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Description

Brendon Keys has a thing for Pinot, and Gower is where he really lets that love show. Sourced from a single site in Lenswood, this is one of the Adelaide Hills' most expressive takes on the variety - made without shortcuts, and entirely on BK’s terms.

2023 was a cooler year, and you can feel that freshness pulsing through this wine. It was fermented with 100% whole bunches and left on skins for a full month, which gives it both energy and grip. The oak’s subtle - just enough to frame the fruit - and the wine was bottled without fining or filtration. All up, just 200 dozen made.

It’s a bit lighter on its feet this vintage, but don’t mistake that for simple. There’s texture, tension, and plenty of detail, delivered with that signature BK flair.

94 points
"Wild raspberries, strawberries, porcini and potpourri lead into orange rind, black tea and graphite. Crunchy tannins and bright acidity from 100% whole-bunch fermentation."
- JamesSuckling.com

94 points - "Pure red fruit notes supported by layers of decaying bark, wild raspberries, strawberries, potpourri and porcini mushrooms. The palate is medium-bodied with crunchy tannins and bright acidity, giving notes of orange rind, black tea leaves, wet stones and graphite. Savory and pure. From 100% whole-bunch fermentation. Delicious. Drink or hold." - JamesSuckling.com

Not unlike its Swaby Chardonnay cousin, 2023 Gower Pinot Noir is young, layered with complexities, and varietally straight to the point. Burgundian reminiscences on the nose with deep rose petal, raspberry and spice. There is a lot of youthful flesh on these bones, as well, alongside greater phenolic grip than 2022, similar in character to a stone-fruit pip. On the palate there is enticing black-mulberry sweet-and-sour with the gentlest edge of Campari bitter. Some years Gower comes across as a more mature personality with the countenance of a well-worn leather Chesterfield. For the past two vintages, though, cooler ripening has yielded greater freshness and the opportunity to explore different of the intricacies of the variety. Handsomely formed. 100% Lenswood Pinot Noir, handpicked, 100% whole bunch, wild-yeast fermentation, one month on skins, 10 months in 25% new French oak, unfiltered & unfined, only 200 dozen made.

Price Bracket $51 to $100
Type Red
Body Light Bodied
Variety Pinot Noir
Country Australia
Region Adelaide Hills
Australian State SA
Reviewed By James Suckling
Critic Score 94
Size 750ml
Vintage 2023
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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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