2024 Latta 'Ex Nihilo' Pinot Gris - Tarrington, HENTY, VIC. 750ml
Big Dog, Owen's notes -
Sourced from long term growers the Lacey Family located over Tarrington way in far south west Victoria. The site was stablished in the late 90s which produces Fantastic Pinot Gris, Chardonnay & Pinot Noir. Season 2024 was excellent, this is one of the best Gris's to date! (As a side note, when the Pinot Gris here was planted the variety was still considered an alternative varietal on the Australian wine scene. The Laceys were contract growers of Pinot Gris for a large wine brand seeking out perfect sites in the late 90s amazing to see how far Pinot Gris/Grigio has come in 25 yrs)
With Gris I want to gain as much vibrancy & deliciousness as possible from this light red grape variety, half is whole bunch pressed to produce a textured white & the other half is destemmed for skin contact over a 3-10 days in small open fermenters to gain as much as I can from the fruit without getting too much drying tannins & phenolics. All of the wine is fermented & raised in various casks of 228, 300, 500, 600L 1500L formats, plus stainless, Left to rest for 9 months on full lees undisturbed, it’s then racked & estate bottled. A small amount of Sulphur added prior to bottling.
