2025 Father's Milk
Ochota Barrels x Gentle Folk
Gamay- Pinot noir
No changes in the make up of the 2024 wine with another tiny harvest in the Adelaide Hills. These two vineyards are the last harvested at both wineries from the Piccadilly Valley, and it seemed most appropriate to combine what we picked and have a nice family lunch. Whole bunches, neutral oak and a cool vintage resulted in a wine with a spice, amaro, soft red fruit and life energy pairing beautifully with food on the table and family by your side.
- Gamay from Virgara, Piccadilly, and Pinot Noir from Monomeith, Ashton, at 520 to 530 m.
- Whole bunches foot-stomped by small children, basket pressed, then 13 months in two neutral French barrels.
- Spice, amaro and soft red fruit; an Ochota Barrels and Gentle Folk collaboration.
- Vineyard
- Virgara, Piccadilly Gamay/ Monomeith, Ashton Pinot noir
- Planted
- 1998 (Virgara)/ 1990 (Monomeith)
- Elevation
- 520m Virgara/ 530m Monomeith
- Aspect
- North (Virgara)/ East/West (Monomeith)
- Soil
- Quartz over sandstone.
- Harvest date
- 20 March 2024
- Bottled
- 20 March 2025
- Vineyard location
- Gamay 34°55’12”S 138°44’34”E/ Pinot noir 34°55’12”S 138°44’34”
- Production
- 880 bottles
- Alc.
- 13.5%
- pH
- 3.43
- TA
- 6.6 g/L
Winemaking
Vinification
Over a very long lunch, 100% whole bunches were tipped into an open top fermenter and foot-stomped by small children. After two weeks of tasting and daily foot-stomping, the wine was basket pressed to two neutral French oak barrels, followed by lunch. The wine was in oak for 13 months before being bottled, followed by another great lunch. Just the way we always imagined it.
Tasting Notes
Bright, translucent red. Soft red fruits, cherry and raspberry, with spice and an amaro-like bitter herb note from whole bunches. The palate is light to medium bodied, juicy and lively, with fine tannins from neutral oak. A playful, energetic red, made for food on the table and family around it.
Distributed in Australia by Principal Wine.