We tried these three current release Ojais in our Ode to Ojai I tasting last week:
1. Ojai White Calif WW (13.0%) NV: Light gold color; some pencilly/toasty/oak rather melony/Chard-like quite pleasant nose; bit soft/lush light pencilly/oak rather melony/floral/Chard quite pleasant flavor; fairly long soft/lush Chard finish; quite a pleasant Chard wanna-be at a great price. $28.00
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2. Ojai Viognier BrickBarnVnyd SantaBarbaraCnty (14.0%; Brl frmted used Fr.oak for 6 mo; 162 cs) 2025: Light gold color; quite attractive floral/pear/Viog/spicy light earthy lovely Viog nose; lightly tart/tangy fresh/spicy/pear/Viog lightly pencilly/oak bright zippy Viog flavor; long bright Viog/pear finish; quite a pretty bright/spicy lovely Viog. $36.00
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3. Ojai Apricots SBC(13.5%; Teroldego) 2023: Very dark color; very spicy licorice/blackberry some peppery/Tero some pencilly/toasty/oak beautiful nose; fairly tart peppery/spicy/blueberry/Tero some pencilly/oak classic Tero flavor w/ light modest tannins; very long/lingering very peppery/Tero finish w/ modest tannins; of the level of the basic Foradori Tero but not as intense & terroir-driven not as oaked; quite a lovely expression of Teroldego. $46.00
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More apribiddle from TheBloodyPulpit:
1. Adam makes a basic Ojao White and Ojai Red. After bttling his single varietal wines, he takes the dregs from the barrel, blending them all together, runs them thru a filter, and sells them off at a cheap price. Over the yrs, I've found them to be some great values.
The Brick Barn Vnyd is a new source for Adam's Viog. Before, it has always come from the RollRanch Vnyd but that Viog has been pulled. That wine tended, because of the warmer climate, more towards the DollyParton-style of Viog. This is quite a departure from that style of his RollRanch Viog.
Apricots: Adam's original Apricots was mostly old-vine Zin from RollRanch. Named after the tank cart on RollRanch next to the highway advertising their apricots orchard. The first Teroldego made in Calif was by JimClendennen at ABC. He then turned over the Teroldego project to his niece Marissa. This is Adam's first Tero and presumably from those same grapes. Teroldego is not a hot-selling item but is certainly one of my favorite grape varieties. Elisabetta Foradori is the standard by which all Teroldegos are measured.
Tom