2023 Ochota Barrels Slint Chardonnay Adelaide Hills, Australia Laphroaig calcareous marls

calcareous marls

The remaining 10% of the blend comes from a field blend of different grape varietals

They still deliver the impactful fruit you expect from Barossa

Fermented for 3 weeks in concrete with élevage in Flextank (porous egg)

100% Chenin Blanc from 45 year old vines on clay and schist farmed biodynamically

2023 Ochota Barrels Slint Chardonnay Adelaide Hills, Australia Laphroaig calcareous marlsThis wine has always had a foot in Chablis, an arm in the Jura and a toe in the Adelaide Hills. Taras had fashioned the first vintage of this wine in 2011 and continued to see the style evolve. Always incorporating a bit of battonage, parts of ML, a touch of new wood, peacefully oxidized in some respects and yet tightly reductive in others. 2020 was the cause of panic and sorrow in the Hills for many reasons and 2021 brought about a new chapter at