Owned and operated by the Bowen family, Bowen Estate lies toward the southern end of Coonawarra. The vineyard of 34.7 hectares, supports mainly red grape varieties for which Bowen Estate has become renowned since its first vintage in 1975.
Bowen Estate is a sharp contrast to the majority of producers in the region, favouring traditional methods and hand-pruning in an effort to restrict quantity and optimise quality.Doug Bowen is often labelled the Coonawarra's quiet achiever. Bowen Estate's award-winning wines are testimony to this title. James Halliday
At Bowen Estate there are 12 individual Cabernet vineyards, which combined, produce our 100% Cabernet Sauvignon wine. Each vineyard is hand pruned using an arched cane system pioneered in Coonawarra by Bowen Estate. This system allows ultimate control over quality, ensuring consistency over the vintages. All vineyards are picked separately during the harvest to assess quality and are made individually, finally being blended prior to bottling. In the cellar both Rotary Fermenters and traditional pump-over techniques are employed with approximately 1/3 of the wine being barrel fermented. Following cessation of malo-lactic fermentation all wine is put into French oak barriques for 20-24 months before bottling. Bowen Estate
