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.
2021 Riesling
The fruit for the 2019 Riesling was machine harvested in the early hours of the morning from our oldest Riesling vines, some now over 40 years old. The resulting wine is a fine-tuned blend of the different free run juices of the various blocks of fruit, that were fermented at cool temperatures in stainless steel.
Growing Region: Frankland River, Western Australia
Vintage
A cool wet winter and early spring was followed by a warm even summer with well-timed rainfall and a typically cool autumn. This resulted in perfect ripening conditions and provided an intense flavour profile with optimal natural acidity.
Tasting Notes
Colour:
Brilliant pale straw with green flecks at the rim.
Palate:
Concentrated and intense flavours of lime and grapefruit are carried on the palate by a tightly wound, bright line of acidity.
Cellaring:
Ready to enjoy now, however this wine will gain in complexity with careful cellaring and patience for at least ten years.
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