Ochota Barrels "Where's the Pope" Syrah - 2025

Name: Ochota Barrels "Where's the Pope" Syrah
Brand: Ochota Barrels
SKU: 43221
Price: 59.99 USD
Availability: InStock

750 mL

Item # 43221

From a vineyard planted in 1996 on schist soils in McLaren Vale. A serious and structured Syrah with flavors of sweet berries, sweet herbs, green peppery, undergrowth characters, and anise notes with fine tannins. Bottled unfiltered after aging the wine in old French barrique. Where's the Pope is named after a hard care band of the area.

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Color

Red

Vintage

2025

Country

Australia

Region

South Australia

Sub-Region

Barossa Valley

Producer

Ochota Barrels

Grape Variety

Syrah

Production Methods

Natural

Wine made from organically or biodynamically grown grapes with minimal intervention avoiding the use of chemicals, additives and technology.

More About This Wine

Barossa Valley

Perhaps no name is as emblematic of high-quality Shiraz as is South Australia's Barossa valley, the heart of the country's wine industry. Home to the famous ancient vineyards of Australia wines, the Barossa valley viticultural region actually encompasses two valleys, the Barossa and the cooler, higher-altitude Eden valley; historically, production has centered around the Barossa valley, with its adequate rainfall and long warm summers. The style of wine made here reflects these summers as the...

Syrah

We'd like to clear this up once and for all: the Shiraz grape is genetically identical to Syrah. Australian winemakers put "Shiraz" on the map (and, many would argue, vice versa), and the term is now used throughout much of the New World. Let it never be said, however, that Shiraz and Syrah are the same thing: the region in which the grape is grown determines much about the flavor of the wine it will produce. Typically, New World Shiraz yields bigger, fruitier wines than the the peppery Syrahs...

Australia

Australian Shiraz (made from the grape called “Syrah” in other parts of the world) shows the essence of the outback: it’s big, bold, and a little rough around the edges. The vast country leaves lots of room for variation, however, with its many terroirs each yielding distinctively styled wines. The climate of South Australia’s McLaren Vale district is heavily influenced by the ocean; wines here typically show savory notes of olive and spice on the nose and deep berry flavors on the palate....

South Australia

South Australia is home to nearly half the country's wine production as well as the center of premium Shiraz production. It contains the Clare Valley, Barossa Valley, Eden Valley, Adelaide Hills, McLaren Vale, Padthaway, and Coonawarra regions.

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