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Ochota Barrels

2024

‘The Mark of Cain’

Pinot Meunier   |   Adelaide Hills - Australia
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About

‘The Mark of Cain’ is a the high-toned, effusive Pinot Meunier named after a punk band whom Taras’ band ‘Kranktus’ had played as an opener for back in the day. Taras and Amber could often be found listening to The Mark of Cain turned up loudly in the winery when working at night. The band could be described as simple but energetic, with vocals layered atop a lurching and chaotic rhythm section… a description that also aptly defines this wine. The fruit comes from one of the oldest Pinot Meunier vineyards in the Adelaide Hills, planted in the Piccadilly Valley in 1985. The dry-farmed vines really provide a great deal of intensity for the delicate aromas and tones.

The fruit was hand-picked in early-March and half of the clusters were kept intact for fermentation. The lots were placed into two one-ton open top fermenters with a few handfuls of stalks and fermentation kicked off almost immediately. The cap was gently submersed for a little more than a week before being basket pressed to old French barriques for aging. After five months the wine was bottled without fining and just a small sulfur addition and coarse filtration for stability. No fining.

Stats

  • Grapes: 100% Pinot Meunier
  • Vineyard: Sam Vigara's Uva Vineyard
  • Vine Age: 39-years-old
  • Soil Type: Heavy red clay over granite
  • Viticulture: Practicing Organic
  • Fermentation: Native – open-top fermenters with 50% whole bunch
  • Skin Contact: 7-10 days
  • Aging: 5 months in old French barrique
  • Alcohol: 12.2%
  • pH: 3.45
  • Total Acidity: 5.7 g/L
  • Total SO2: 60 ppm
  • Total Production: 108 cases
  • UPC: None

Tasting Note

This chimeric mutation of pinot noir is all about pink florals in spring, and yet there is something dark and intense about this wine. Layers of flavor – red fruits, fine herbs – pass over tightly wound tannins. The edges of this wine grip the mouth gently as the flavor lingers with length and energy.

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Ochota Barrels

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Adelaide Hills

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Australia

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