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2021 Ochota Barrels The Price of Silence
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$49.00
Description
WINEMAKER: Amber & Taras Ochota
VARIETAL: Gamay
REGION: Adelaide Hills, SA
VITICULTURE: Organic
In 1985 three clones of gamay were planted high up in the piccadilly valley a few years later due to its unpopularity they were grafted to chardonnay. It wasn’t until 2013 that Taras convinced his grower mate sam to chainsaw off the chardonnay grafts and bring back canes from the gamay rootstock evolving from there, cuttings were taken of these three clones and grafted on established vines in sam’s quartz-laden woodside vineyard, planted on a former gold mine, a crop picked in 2019, bushfire in 2020, and finally a beautiful harvest in 2021.
Handpicked at the end of March. Wild-ferment, a mix of extended maceration carbonic ferments, destemmed and whole bunch pressed to seasoned French barriques and puncheons. Unfined and unfiltered, minimal so2.
2021 was the first vintage without Taras after his tragic passing. Amber, with the assistance of Taras' dad, Yari, and Louis Schofield, continues the work of Ochota Barrels. We are incredibly grateful to receive a small amount of these truly special wines.
Varietal: Gamay
Region: Adelaide Hills, SA
Viticulture: Organic
2021 Ochota Barrels The Price
$49.00
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