2021 Ochota Barrels The Price of Silence Gamay 1.5L
Adelaide Hills, SA
The rare small-batch lo-fi Gamay from Taras Ochota. Very limited quantities available.
$100.00
Out of Stock
About The Wine
Gamay holds a special place in Taras and Amber Ochota's hearts. It's the one variety they have planted on their home block in amongst the beautiful Hills of the Basket Range.
It will be a few years before we see a wine from those vines but in the meantime, the Price of Silence Gamay is a great stand-in.
This is a beautifully delicate yet juicy number made from three separate clones of Gamay all planted on the same vineyard back in 1985. After a few years as Gamay, the vines were grafted to Chardonnay, Taras helped the Piccadilly Valley grower cut the Chardonnay back and re-graft Gamay. Chainsaws in the vineyard. A few years later we have this wine.
This is one of the fastest Ochota Barrels wines to sell out each year. If you are one of the lucky few who get to try it, kudos to you.
About Ochota Barrels
The term “rockstar winemaker” gets thrown around a lot these days but Taras Ochota, owner/purveyor of cult wine label Ochota Barrels, is the real deal.
His grungy, minimalist attitude towards his label has seen him gain huge cult status internationally as one of the most boundary-pushing winemakers in Australia. From his home in the beautiful Basket Range of the Adelaide Hills, Taras and his wife Amber craft small batches of wine from surrounding vineyards in the Hills and special sites across McLaren Vale and the Barossa Valley. Taras picks earlier than most as a general rule, so expect lighter, more ethereal wines with freshness and 'tension' as a motif.
These are highly sought after and extremely limited wines which have a pulsating energy and drive to them. Some of the country's most exciting vinous creations, no doubt.
Basket Range, SA
From The Producer
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, fermented wild, a mix of extended maceration carbonic ferments, destemmed and whole bunch pressed to seasoned french barriques and puncheons.
Unfined and unfiltered, no additions besides minimal so2.
Blend : Gamay (100%)
ABV : 12.3%
Closure : Cork
Drink Until : 2025
Bottle Size : 1500ml
Basket Range, SA
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