2018 Ochota Barrels Grenache The Fugazi

Community Tasting Notes (11) Avg Score: 91.6 points

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  11/26/2021 - Erikjay Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Very fresh and primary. This time I sense cranberry, blueberries and a whiff of strawberry. Very different from last time around.
  
  This will continue to evolve. Wish I had more!

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  4/19/2021 - Isi VJ Likes this wine:

  Wow! This is a fantastic wine, in a blind tasting is difficult to say that is from Australia. Fine, elegant

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  3/6/2021 - flussier Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Robe claire ambrée vers orangée. Vin sur les fruits rouges, cerise, framboise et violets. Très frais, pourrait presque passer pour un pinot noir. Léger en bouche, encore jeune, pourrait vieillir encore. Décanté 1h. Surprenant pour un 100% grenache.

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  7/22/2020 - SineQuaNon Likes this wine: 90 Points

  A delicious, bright and light coloured style of Grenache, what I have heard referred to as the postmodern style. Unfirtunately, I was not nearly as blown away as most below. I even had the fortune of having an open nose after proper decanting and chilled serving temperature. In the end it couldn’t hide its warmer origin and I grew tired of drinking it

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  4/24/2020 - grapenomad wrote: 94 Points

  I get weird stares every time I recommend Grenache to people, no matter where it comes from. The most common response is “oh, I don’t like sweet wines, give me something drier”. Unfortunately, this is the biggest misconception associated with this grape, thanks to the sea of cheap stuff coming from France and Spain. But Taras and Amber Ochota make sure that all these illusions are forever shattered. A minimum-intervention approach is applied: early picking to maintain natural acidity, ferments using indigenous yeasts, whole-bunch presses the whites and whole-bunch fermentation and longer maceration for the reds.
  
  First and foremost, the nose on this is mischievous. Salted strawberries, pomegranate, savoury wood spice, bit of barnyard, bit of earthy garrigue. Medium-bodied and very shy at first, but with about an hour of air, it opens up to multi-universes. Bright, crunchy acid, grippy tannins and a somewhat warm, saline finish. Tightly packed, polished and ready to be smashed in one go. Superb.

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