2023 Place of Changing Winds Syrah No.2
2023 Place of Changing Winds Syrah No.2
As always, this wine is a blend of the two blocks we work with, in Heathcote and Harcourt. Although it’s our most accessibly-priced wine, it’s important to stress that it gets exactly the same attention to detail in the vineyard and the winery as all of our other wines. It was fermented with a majority of whole bunches and was matured in a range of casks (mostly large, neutral Stockinger) and a concrete egg. It was bottled in February 2025, almost two years after harvest. We think it’s our best release of this label so far.
Alcohol: 13.5%. Closure: Diam 30.
“If you judged by colour you’d be at ten out of ten – ruby and purple with shimmering edges. Hello. The wine feels similar, red crunch, purple depth, mulberry and pomegranate with tart cherry and sweet spices with some distinct slate-like mineral quality in there too. Fine, very fine actually, grippy, granitic tannins ripple through the wine, tightening on a sluice of joyous fruit character with some brown spices speckled through. From the lighter year, this works very well, elegant, fine boned, a pinosity almost, though distinctly syrah of course too. Super star.” 94 points, Mike Bennie, The Wine Front
“The 2023 Syrah No 2 is a blend of both the Heathcote and Harcourt vineyards. The cooler season has given the fruit definition here, and the large proportion of whole bunches has similarly left its mark. It was matured in a range of oak, much of it large-format Stockinger, and a concrete egg. This is spicy and fresh, with a splay of gritty tannin in the mouth that fills every nook and cranny of perception. 13.5% alcohol, sealed under Diam.” 92 points, Erin Larkin, The Wine Advocate