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2020 Polygon 3

2020 Polygon 3

An ethereal, intensely aromatic style with complex red fruit, florals and amaro spice overlaid on a rocky foundation and a great sense of energy on the palate.

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$295.00
 

Estate grown and made

Certified organic and biodynamic fruit

100% Grenache

680 bottles and 90 magnums produced

13.3% alcohol

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Tasting Notes
A singular expression of Grenache from Polygon 3, a tiny patch of our old vineyard that we have studied extensively and picked and vinified separately. An ethereal, intensely aromatic style with complex red fruit, florals and amaro spice overlaid on a rocky foundation and a great sense of energy on the palate.
Vineyard Notes
Polygon No. 3 is just 0.274 hectares in size and contains approximately 200 vines. Working with terroir specialist, Pedro Parra, we identified this polygon to be unique in its limestone content. There is shallow red brown earth over deep chalky sedimentary limestone which contains fractured schist and the limited presence of iron. NASAA certified organic and biodynamic.

“The new vintage of Alkina’s two single-block old-vine grenaches, both from 2020, will be released in April. Tasting the wines side by side is a deliciously compelling demonstration of the reality of rock-derived terroir. The Polygon 3 is made from gnarly 70-year-old vines growing in red dirt over crumbly fractured limestone, shot through with lumps of schist. It’s full of fine, floral, perfumed red berries and some macerated red cherry, and has a lovely, flowing, quality of tannin that floods the mouth. The Polygon 5 is made from grapes grown in the same vineyard – but picked from vines planted in patches of deeper red dirt over fractured schist with veins of iron-rich clay. The wine is slightly deeper in colour, with darker berry fruit, earthier aromatics and a sinewy, structural quality to the tannins.”

Extract from Max Allen’s recent Alkina article in the Australian Financial Review