Alkina Kin Semillon 2020

The “Kin” range from this adventurous new Barossa winemaking enterprise is essentially their estate range that offers a look into evolving styles and blends from across their north-western vineyard in the Greenock district. Semillon has long been the Barossa’s traditional white variety, here fermented as whole berries with indigenous yeast in a Georgian qvevri as well as a stainless steel tank, left on skins for six months where it has built a unique waxy textural feel as well as the faintest of flor characters woven into its more varietally familiar lemon, floral, and field grass footings. Great to see this kind of expression created from what often can be semillon’s bare canvas.

Tony Love

Journalist at Winepilot

Tony is best known for his 10 years as News Corp’s National Wine Writer, with weekly columns in major metropolitan mastheads throughout Australia including The Adelaide Advertiser, The Sydney Daily Telegraph and the Melbourne Herald Sun. He continues to write feature articles and columns for all the major Australian wine media publications. Tony has also worked as a restaurant reviewer, section editor, book editor, digital content provider, journalism teacher and was named Wine Communicators of Australia 2018 Legend of the Vine (SA). Find out more about Tony at tonylove.com.au

Wine writingwine critic