Alkina Grenache KIN 2022 750ml

Kin is a blend of four parcels of Grenache, with a large proportion of whole bunches included in the ferment. This wine slams the door shut on any pretence at fruitiness, preferring to walk a tense and tortured line on the finish. It has the same dramatic tension as a brittle, energetic dry Riesling, and it raises the bar for Grenache higher than any other I’ve tasted in the past year.

• Country: Australia
• Region: Barossa
• Appellation: Barossa Valley
• Size: 750ml
• Color: Red

Varietal

Grenache

The purple skinned grapes of the Grenache varietal have quickly become one of the most widely planted red wine grapes in the world, flourishing in several countries which have the correct conditions in which they can grow to ripeness. They thrive anywhere with a dry, hot climate, such as that found in central Spain and other such arid areas, and produce delightfully light bodied wines full of spicy flavors and notes of dark berries. Their robustness and relative vigor has led them being a favorite grape varietal for wineries all over the world, and whilst it isn’t uncommon to see bottles made from this varietal alone, they are also regularly used as a blending grape due to their high sugar content and ability to produce wines containing a relatively high level of alcohol.