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

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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