Alkina Stonefire Shiraz 2024
- 94
- $100
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A tribute to the vineyard’s schist bedrock, with 14% Mataro in the blend with the Shiraz from schist-rich blocks. Handpicked, sorted, and wild-fermented in concrete tulips with some whole bunches (Shiraz only). Fragrant yet restrained: blueberry, boysenberry and lavender over mulch and clove-studded orange, unfurling to dried violet, five spice, graphite and black tea. A fine seam of schist minerality runs through. The palate glides high with dark cherry, plum and blueberry at the core, floral and graphite notes at the edges, and a cooling mineral lift. Firm, febrile, grainy tannins draw it long. Nervy now, but with clear class and mineral finesse to emerge with time.
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.
