Ochota Barrels "Texture Like Sun" Adelaide Hills, Australia 2024

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THE WINE: 70% Pinot Noir - 10% Shiraz - 10% Gewürztraminer - 5% Pinot Meunier - 5% Gamay

THE PRODUCER: The Ochota Barrels tale began on a surf trip, late in 2000 along the Mexican west coast in a Volkswagen campervan. A final destination after traveling some of the world’s best wine and surf regions, Taras and Amber Ochota conceived the idea to make super premium wines back home in South Australia. The concept was to concentrate on the zenith variety of McLaren Vale (Grenache) and the Barossa Valley (Shiraz), find an exceptional old vineyard site in each region and create plush, small batch, single vineyard wines. Over the years the regions and vineyards may have shifted on a few wines, but the focus has always remained the same, showing precision and compression in the wines.