Alkoomi Wines, the oldest wine producer in the cool climate Frankland River wine district of Australia. Today, Alkoomi is the largest family-owned wine producer in Western Australia. Alkoomi is renowned as a consistent producer of elegant, flavoursome wines of the highest standard. Alkoomi’s red wines enjoyed success early on and Alkoomi has continued to produce elegant Cabernet, and Shiraz blends. The quality of Alkoomi Riesling has helped establish the reputation of Frankland River as one of the best areas for this variety in Australia. The consistently superb varietal flavours across a wide range of Alkoomi wines have been recognised by the doyen of Australian wine writers, James Halliday, awarding Alkoomi a five star rating in his “Guide to the wines of Australia”.

Medium deep red with magenta hues at the rim. The bouquet is attractive aromas of violets and anise overlay toasty almond French oak The palate is full and finely structured, with ripe cherry and raspberry fruit flavours. Fine, chalky tannins and seamlessly integrated French oak lead to a full and long finish.

• Product Code: MWH04AK
• Grower: Alkoomi Vineyards
• Grape Variety: Shiraz / Viognier / Red Wine Blends
  
• Style: Floral and Ripe
  
• Country: Australia
• Appellation: Frankland River
• Vintage: 2007/8
• Alchohol: 14% ABV
• Case Size: 6
• Bottle Size: 75cl

Vintage Rating on this wine was 89 (source: Wine Competition Award Winners)

Closure: STELVIN

Alternative wine closures are substitute closures used in the wine industry for sealing wine bottles in place of traditional cork closures. The emergence of these alternatives has grown in response to quality control efforts by winemakers to protect against "cork taint" caused by the presence of the chemical trichloroanisole (TCA).

Screw caps or "Stelvin caps" are closures made only from aluminium material that threads onto the bottleneck. They are the predominant closure used by New Zealand wineries.[8][9] This can be attributed in part to the New Zealand screw cap initiative which promotes the use of screw caps instead of cork. Screw caps form a tighter seal and can keep out oxygen for a longer time than cork. These benefits aid in maintaining the wine's overall quality and aging potential.

Vino-Seal, or Vino-Lok, is a plastic/glass closure released by Alcoa. Since its introduction into the European market in 2003, over 300 wineries have utilized Vino-Seal. Using a glass stopper with an inert o-ring, the Vino-Seal creates a hermetic seal that prevents oxidation and TCA contamination.

Zork is an alternative wine closure that seals like a screw cap and pops like a cork. The Zork closure consists of three parts; an outer cap providing a tamper evident clamp that locks onto the band of a standard cork mouth bottle, an inner metal foil which provides an oxygen barrier similar to a screw cap, and an inner plunger which creates the ‘pop’ on extraction and reseals after use.

The traditional crowned bottle cap has been used in the sparkling wine industry as a closure during the bottle fermentation process (méthode traditionnelle). Normally the cap is replaced with a cork before shipping, though recently some producers are releasing wines using the crown cap as their closure.

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