Next of Kyn No ~ 4
2010 Red Blend from Cumulus Vyd
Shipped in March 2014.
This wine was offered in May of 2013 via email.
This is the fourth Next of Kyn bottling.
It is a blend of 44% Syrah, 32% Grenache, 12% Petite Sirah,
8% Mourvedre, and 4% Touriga Nacional, with 24% whole clusters.
The wine spent 30 months in French oak barrels, 63% of which was new.
Like all the previous Next of Kyn wines,
this wine was sold to the Next of Kyn mailing list and shipped in
specially designed wooden boxes,
each one containing 3 bottles and 1 magnum.
Also, one nine (9) liter bottle was made and sold for charity.
See below.
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A 750ml bottle front and back:
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Magnums
Next of Kyn No ~ 4 came in a special wood box.
In each box were three 750ml bottles and one magnum.
Here is a magnum front and back:
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One Nine Liter Bottle
This unique bottling was made for the charity website
If Only with the description:
One-of-a-Kind 9L Bottle of Next of Kyn
2010 will be the fourth bottling of Next of Kyn, Elaine and Manfred Krankl's
home estate winery.
Production of the Next of Kyn wines is still very limited and has not yet
exceeded 400 wooden box sets,
each containing 3-750 ml and 1 magnum.
Never before has the winery bottled anything larger than a magnum and this
nine-liter bottle was
filled exclusively for IfOnly. This singular nine-liter bottle is presented
in a special collector's box
and is the only Next of Kyn bottle of this size produced to date.
2010 is a wonderful vintage of this superb wine, and of course,
this nine liter bottle is supremely rare.
Includes
- One (1) nine-liter bottle of the upcoming 2010 Next of Kyn,
the only one ever produced.
- Encased in a specially made wood presentation box.
- Excludes shipping and handling.
The specific charity supported by the donation of $8000 required
to purchase this bottle from If Only is
Cedars-Sinai's Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute.
Here is a photo of the empty bottle before being filled:
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