{"product_id":"ochota-barrels-the-fugazi-2025-grenache-mclaren-vale-australia","title":"Ochota Barrels, The Fugazi 2025, Grenache, McLaren Vale, Australia","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"We just want to produce something delicious and gorgeous for all of us to enjoy with none of the nasties and more of the love\". \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Ochota story started back in 2000. Taras and Amber Ochota had been travelling the best wine and surf spots around the world and decided to settle back home in South Australia and make wine themselves, initially concentrating on Grenache in McLaren Vale and Syrah in Barossa. Strongly influenced by small scale biodynamic producers they met in the South of France, wines are made using organic methods in the vineyards and a hands-off, minimum-intervention approach to winemaking: picking early to maintain natural acidity, ferments using indigenous yeasts, whole-bunch pressing the whites, whole-bunch fermentation and longer maceration for the reds. Texture is an important focus, mouth-feel is created via time on skins and batonnage. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTragically, Taras died suddenly in 2020 but Ochota Barrels is carried on by Amber and the Ochota team.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is 100% grenache taken from the Fugazi vineyard on the Blewitt Springs ridge. The berries are tiny and the yields are miniscule. A pure expression of Grenache - fruity yet savoury with wild herbs and a touch of asian spice. unfined and unfiltered with minimal additions of sulphur. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eProducer - Ochota Barrels\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCountry - Australia\u003cbr\u003eRegion - Southern Australia\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSub-Region - McLaren Vale\u003cbr\u003eVariety \/ Blend - Grenache\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eWine Style - Red Wine\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFarming - Organic\u003cbr\u003eVegan    \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Iron \u0026 Rose","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57562878640506,"sku":"indigo","price":35.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1323\/9913\/files\/2495BB43-C14C-45A3-8D76-9105805213BC_1_201_a.heic?v=1695133661","url":"https:\/\/ironandrose.com\/products\/ochota-barrels-the-fugazi-2025-grenache-mclaren-vale-australia","provider":"Iron \u0026 Rose","version":"1.0","type":"link"}