Alkoomi Vineyards & Winery
The Alkoomi vineyard is located only 80kms inland from the Southern Ocean, resulting in good winter rains and dry ripening months. Summer days and evenings are cooled by fresh sea breezes, enabling ideal slow ripening of grapes. This climatic pattern is very similar to that of the best Bordeaux vintages.
The property includes large areas of suitable soils and aspects. From the initial planting of about one hectare, the area under vine has been expanded throughout the 1980s and ‘90s and expansion of the vineyard has continued steadily over the next decade.
Alkoomi uses water supplied from on-site dams efficiently to prevent vine stress during extended dry periods without sacrificing the naturally low yields that produce concentrated flavours.
The vines are all pruned by hand. Machine harvesting occurs in the cool of the morning, usually starting at 2.00am, to ensure that grapes arrive at the winery in top condition.
The winery is completely self-contained, including bottling, labelling and packaging. All processing equipment – presses, fermentation, oak barrels and stainless steel tanks – is modern and maintained in outstanding and clean working order.
2017 Blackbutt
A vision to make a very special blended red wine in the style of the great wines of France was first realised at Alkoomi in 1995 with the first vintage of the Blackbutt. In crafting the 2008 Blackbutt, Cabernet Sauvignon (47%), Cabernet Franc (28%) and Malbec (25%) from Alkoomis oldest vines were fermented separately then blended following extended maturation for 24 months in French Oak - of which fifty percent was new. The final components that will make the Blackbutt are tasted blind by the winemaking team and only wines that stand out are selected which means that every vintage will be a unique blend. Once blending is completed the wine spends a further one year maturing in the bottle in climate controlled storage prior to release.
Tasting Notes
Deep vibrant crimson.Lifted, intense and complex with notes of cassis, dried herbs, cedar and spice.Intense, concentrated blackcurrant and mulberry fruit flavours, interwoven with complex, savoury cigar box and tobacco flavours derived from the seamlessly integrated French oak. The finish is supple with elegant, fine grained tannins.
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