2021 LATTA Vino Fresca Sangiovese

WINEMAKER: Owen Latta
REGION: Pyrenees, VIC
VARIETAL: Sangiovese
VITICULTURE: Certified Organic

This is grown by Cory Hope on the Certified Organic Shays Flat Site in the Landsborough Valley Pyrenees. The 2021 season was plentiful, good sized crops across the board. The Sangiovese had a bigger crop than expected & slowed towards the end with its ripening, losing a bit of leaf. It seemed like it was close to being harvest & was picked to avoid anymore deterioration on the fruit. Fermented in stainless, pressed after 8 days to keep freshness, then barrelled down for 12 months in a variety of casks 225, 300, 500 & 600L. It was light and fresh with heaps of detail & great acid, it was very interesting to find the wine was 10% alc, it tastes like 12%. Hard to believe this wine is low in alcohol but tastes like its the right vibe.

LATTA Vino is the experimental second-label of Owen Latta of Eastern Peake, helping him earn the title of Gourmet Traveler Wine Magazine Young Winemaker of the Year. The fruit is sourced from vineyards run by old family friends and relative in the regions surrounding the Latta family’s property in Coghills Creek. Like Eastern Peake, the fruit is sustainably grown and - except for the occasional small addition of SO2 at bottling - the wines are made without additions.