2014 Ochota Barrels “The Fugazi” Grenache Mc LarenThe Fugazi Vineyard was allegedly named from a quirk the post hardcore punk band Fugazi was playing on Taras and Ambers car stereo as they arrived at the vineyard, which sits on a rise between the Onkaparinga River Gorge and Blewitt Springs in McLaren Vale. The grapes are handpicked and undergo a 7 day cold soak. 70% whole cluster fermentation occurs naturally without inoculation and the juice spends 82 days on skins! This is a pure expression of

when Peter Gönc’s great grandfather built their first wine cellar and planted the vineyard around it in the small town of Dobrovnik in Slovenia

with 34% of the barrels being new barrels

buttery and fat Chardonnay

where most of the vines had quite a bit of age on them

We want these wines to be an honest path for wine drinkers to delve into the special world of premium South African wines over time

who made wine barrels for other estates

and crushed stone

The Hébrart wines are truly of both place and person

Collin's rosé is made with a maceration of the juice with the skins

Emphasizing sustainable and minimal intervention farming

Starting with just over 1 hectare of rented vines

If it was the Chenin that attracted Thomas to Anjou