2023 LATTA Vino Rattlesnake Blanc
WINEMAKER: Owen Latta
REGION: Ballarat, VIC
VARIETY: Riesling, Viognier, Sauvignon Blanc, Pinot Gris, Chardonnay
VITICULTURE: Organic/Sustainable
"Fun! Wild ideas & Experimental batches. An opposite direction to terroir, the usual mindset in this cellar! Classic varieties being pushed to see what new personalities we can get out of them. Great vineyards also play a big role here to back up the texture, fruit & acid profiles. Rattlesnake each year is made up of many different skin contact ferments, riesling, Viognier, Sauvignon Blanc, Pinot Gris & Chardonnay, all seem to work harmoniously together to produce a madly delicious, quenching, exotic skin contact wine that punches above and delivers time & time again." - Owen
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.