2023 Ochota Barrels 'Where's the Pope? Syrah - McLaren Vale, SA. 750ml
Onkaparinga Hills vineyard, planted on schist and clay in 1996, certified organic and dry-grown. 100% syrah. Indigenous yeast. Mainly whole bunch fermentation. 80% short gentle macerations with hand plunging, 20% extended carbonic maceration before pressing straight to seasoned french oak for a few months. Unfined and unfiltered, no additions besides minimal so2.
