Alkina

Alkina Kin Grenache 2023 (Barossa Valley)

Name: Alkina Kin Grenache 2023 (Barossa Valley)
Brand: Alkina
SKU: ALKGRE2023
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The cool 2023 season has delivered a wine of elegance, with exceptional fine tannin. The Alkina Kin Grenache feels energetic and floral, but give it time and red fruit, blood orange and cardamon will present. A patch of vines on limestone provides vibrancy and definition, necessary for the wine’s drive, with flesh and power from Blocks 22 on clay and 18 on schist.

"There is quite a bit of buzz around for Alkina Wines. It's all about good farming and detail. It's like bonsai winemaking, three blocks of grenache on the same property, two (clay and schist) provide the flesh and power, the other, off limestone, the drive. The vinous valence here is undeniable. Spacious and filigreed with pristine red fruits, gingerbread, amaro herbs, blossom and exotic spice. Just beautifully composed with tension and transparency."
94 Points - Dave Brookes, Halliday Wine Companion

✓ Organic

Wine Specifications

Variety: Grenache

Size: 750mL

Region: Barossa Valley

ABV: 13.5%

Vintage: 2023

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Winery & Vintage Info

Alkina is a new story on an old place. The certified organic and biodynamic farm has 43 hectares of vines planted to Grenache, Shiraz, Mataro and Semillon, with the oldest vines dating from the 1950s.

Fruit for the 2023 Grenache is made up of three blocks. Block 22, planted to bush vines in 2016, is located on the east to west ridge of the property, making up 42% of the wine. Picked in two parcels; the limestone component on 18 March and the clay component, a week later. Block 18, picked 17 March, from vines on clay and schist makes up 50% of the wine, with the remainder from Block 25.

Each block was hand-picked, sorted and naturally fermented as 100% whole bunches in concrete tulips. After spending an average of 35 days on skins, the bunches were gently pressed back to concrete and matured on full lees. Each component was matured separately before being racked off lees and blended 4 weeks before bottling.