2024 Ochota Barrels Fugazi Grenache

A tightly wound, focused version of this cult-favourite Grenache.

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The Fugazi Grenache is Ochota Barrels’ beating heart, and this vintage is a triumphant return for a wine that started it all. Sourced from 77-year-old bush vines on Blewitt Springs ridge, this is Grenache stripped back to its purest, most textural form.

This vintage balances taut red fruit, wild cherry, and red currant—with savoury elements of spice and mineral. The tannins are fine-grained and precise, guiding the wine to a seamless finish that lingers with quiet intensity. And that signature Fugazi nervy energy - this is Grenache done the Ochota way—effortlessly compelling, and deeply delicious.

The Fugazi Grenache is a wine that is ahead of its time. It set the tone for a more elegant, pure-fruited, medium-bodied style of McLaren Vale Grenache which is always in vogue, if you ask us.

A Grenache with a pure heart and a rock and roll soul.

This is the first wine Taras and Amber made, back in 2008, when they started Ochota Barrels with a tiny parcel of grenache picked up in the back of the kombi van. Named Fugazi for the band that was playing at the time.

Produced from north-facing 77 year old dry grown bush vines on the Blewitt Springs ridge- from an incredible vineyard on ironstone and gravel infused red clay. Handpicked early March, tiny berries and a miniscule yield. Pressed to seasoned (5-10 year) French barriques for 6 months.

Taut nervous tension of compact red currents and satsuma plums fills the mid-palate with mouth watering red berry intensity. Finely-grained tannins position this svelte, fleshy and measured weight of forest cherries and persimmons into a long succulent and savoury finish.

Price Bracket $41 to $50
Type Red
Body Medium Bodied
Variety Grenache
Country Australia
Region McLaren Vale
Australian State SA
Feature Cult
Organic
Women in Wine
Natural/Lo-Fi
Size 750ml
Vintage 2024
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Ochota Barrels

Ochota Barrels are the epitome of rockstar wine labels.

The grungy, minimalist attitude that they have towards their wines has seen them gain huge cult status internationally as one of the most boundary-pushing winemakers in Australia. After the passing of Taras, Amber Ochota is now at the helm at her home in the beautiful Basket Range of the Adelaide Hills. Their wines are crafted in small batches, with fruits sourced from surrounding vineyards in the Hills and special sites across McLaren Vale. Taras' legacy of lighter, more ethereal wines live on, 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.

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