2021 Ochota Barrels ‘Texture like Sun-Sector Red 8’, Field Blend | Australia
Varietals: 39% Grenache, 27% Gewürztraminer, 17% Gamay , 10% Pinot Noir, 4% Pinot Meunier, 3% Syrah Vineyard Management: Practicing Organic Winemaking: Native yeast in open top fermenters, 100% whole cluster (red varieties), pressings of Gewürztraminer Vegan: Yes Typicity: Typical Bio: Taras and Amber Ochota decided to head back to Australia for good to found Ochota Barrels after a month’s long surfing trip to Mexico. By this time in their lives, Taras had racked up several vintages across several continents as a flying winemaker. In 2008, they set up a tiny winery in Basket Range, a small sub-region within the Adelaide Hills, and set themselves to making organically grown wine with minimal intervention. At the time, almost no one was doing this in Australia. Their zeal and sincerity turned out to be infectious—Adelaide Hills is now a hotbed for organic, low intervention wineries. Their wines are precise, youthful, and imbued with a grace that only comes from deft hands. Taras preferr