Rattlesnake Vineyard
Rattlesnake Vineyard is the winery site in Randolf draw. It is a relatively elevated site with great soils, aspect, and air drainage. The surrounding hillsides provide a lot of wind protection compared to vineyards closer to Lake okanagan resulting in a more temperate, steady accumulation of heat units. We are very particular about our canopy management on this site to manipulate clearly defined aromatics in our white grape varietals. It is aptly named after the occasional intruder we seem to get every year.
Rattlesnake Vineyard is the winery site in Randolf draw. It is a relatively elevated site with great soils, aspect, and air drainage. The surrounding hillsides provide a lot of wind protection compared to vineyards closer to Lake okanagan resulting in a more temperate, steady accumulation of heat units. We are very particular about our canopy management on this site to manipulate clearly defined aromatics in our white grape varietals. It is aptly named after the occasional intruder we seem to get every year.- Location
- Elevation
- Aspect
- Rainfall
- Soil
- Varietals
- Acreage
- Average growing degree
- Overall suitability
- Rattlesnake
- Randolf Draw, Naramata Bench
- 1500′
- Westerly
- Average 13″
- Glacial boulder clay/loam
- Savignon Blanc, Muscat, Viognier, Merlot
- 9
- 1300+ hours
- Class 1 (BC Grape Atlas)