Ochota Barrels, "From the North" Mourvèdre - 2020

Name: Ochota Barrels, "From the North" Mourvèdre
Brand: Ochota Barrels
SKU: 41568
Price: 54.96 USD
Availability: OutOfStock

Item # 41568 750mL

A delicious red wine made from Mourvèdre grapes planted in the 1860s - the second oldest plantings in the world. The fruit was fermented whole-cluster with ambient yeasts - partially carbonic. The fruit was hand-harvested and bottled unfiltered. Taras Ochota was a punk rock musician long before becoming a winemaker. Now music and wine course through his veins and he names all his cuvées after inspirational songs or bands. "From the North" is from an album of the Swedish hardcore band, Raised Fist. Taras sees this Mourvèdre as punk, as in, against the grain of what you would think of as a burly Barossa wine. In fact, this wine is only about finesse and vibrant fruit that will age marvelously for years to come.

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Color

Red

Vintage

2020

Country

Australia

Region

South Australia

Sub-Region

Barossa Valley

Producer

Ochota Barrels

Grape Variety

Mourvèdre

Production Methods

Organic

Natural

Wine made from organically or biodynamically grown grapes with minimal intervention avoiding the use of chemicals, additives and technology.

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Glossary

Mourvèdre

Known as Mataro in California and Monastrell in Spain, Mourvèdre can produce bold, tannic, highly alcoholic red wines. They usually show no shortage of fruit as well, and the best examples keep it all in perfect balance. Rhône-style blends are cropping up all over the world, and one of the classic tried-and-true combinations is "GSM," or Grenache-Syrah-Mourvèdre. The "M" contributes focus and fleshy character to blends - but Mourvèdre also shines on its own as a varietal wine.

Barossa Valley

Perhaps no name is as emblematic of high-quality Shiraz as is South Australia's Barossa valley, the heart of the country's wine industry. Home to the famous ancient vineyards of Australia wines, the Barossa valley viticultural region actually encompasses two valleys, the Barossa and the cooler, higher-altitude Eden valley; historically, production has centered around the Barossa valley, with its adequate rainfall and long warm summers. The style of wine made here reflects these summers as the...

Australia

Australian Shiraz (made from the grape called “Syrah” in other parts of the world) shows the essence of the outback: it’s big, bold, and a little rough around the edges. The vast country leaves lots of room for variation, however, with its many terroirs each yielding distinctively styled wines. The climate of South Australia’s McLaren Vale district is heavily influenced by the ocean; wines here typically show savory notes of olive and spice on the nose and deep berry flavors on the palate....

South Australia

South Australia is home to nearly half the country's wine production as well as the center of premium Shiraz production. It contains the Clare Valley, Barossa Valley, Eden Valley, Adelaide Hills, McLaren Vale, Padthaway, and Coonawarra regions.

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