Taras and Amber Ochota make premium single vineyard blends from sites in different parts of South Australia. Fugazi is made from a parcel of old vine Grenache and is named (like most of their cuvées) after an American Punk band.
The Ochotas are part of a new wave of Aussie producers trying to make wines with more elegance and balance - so fine wines but more drinkable than some of the blockbusters of the past.
"Very intense, pure raspberry and blueberry fruit aromas with pomegranate, strawberry, wet stones, wild herbs and sandalwood-like, floral spices. The palate arrives on taut, powerful tannins and attractive, pastry-like layers, building into the long, powerful and unwavering finish. This is very young, very contained and energetic grenache that has been captured in full flight. Planted in 1947 on ironstone, which underwrites the considerable power of this wine. Drinkable now, but better from 2023." 99 pts, James Suckling