Alkina Estate Shiraz 2024
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- $55
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From Alkina’s superior Shiraz sites, mostly on limestone. Handpicked, sorted, and naturally fermented with 50–80% whole bunch. Larger parcels matured in concrete tulips, smaller in large old oak foudres. Certified organic and biodynamic. Here we have a wine that sends the right message about Barossa Shiraz – elegant, lifted and detailed with a cooling minerality. Restrained blackberry and black cherry open to dried oregano, black olive, black pepper, iodine, grilled meat, graphite and hazelnut. The palate is juicy yet poised, with blackberry and black cherry core, black pepper, crushed hazelnut and dried herb accents. Fine-but-firm, sappy tannins and juicy acidity carry it long. Rhône in sensibility, Barossa in address. This is an exciting release.
Tom Kline is a wine writer, reviewer, presenter, and educator based in Victoria, Australia. He is the Australian correspondent for the internationally respected publications Jasper Morris Inside Burgundy and Jane Anson Inside Bordeaux, where he highlights the top tier of Australian wine for a global audience. Tom also writes for leading outlets including Decanter (UK), Wine Spectator (US), and Halliday Magazine, among others. An experienced wine show judge and WSET educator, he has authored several consumer-focused wine courses aimed at making wine more accessible and engaging. In 2023, Tom was awarded Best Published Feature Article or Wine Column at the prestigious Wine Communicator Awards, presented by Wine Communicators of Australia.
