Tasting Notes
The 2022 harvest was the 3rd time that the Place of Changing Winds team sourced a batch of fruit from an exciting new grower in Harcourt, on the granitic sands of Mount Alexander.
The cooler Harcourt site yields more savoury, spicy Syrah and, from 2021-on POCW will make a specific wine from this site. An earlier drinking expression, it's already highly aromatic, bursting with flavours of juicy blue fruits, perfumed violets and spice. The palate is vibrant with a silky body, underpinned by driving acidity and a nip of graphite-like tannins. - Distributor Note
Warekilla. The Wurundjeri name could translate as "Happy Place". Or "Place of Changing Winds".
Robert Walters searched for almost five years trying to find a site for his warekilla. He eventually settled on the place, Bullengarook on the southern foothills of Mount Macedon, to establish Place of Changing Winds. Years of experience in the wine trade and visits to the best sites and winemaking practices around the world all culminated in Rob's decision to put down roots around Macedon. The changing winds create a high diurnal difference in temperature, embraced by the Chardonnay and Pinot Noir fruit. Their vines are grown at extremely high density, ten times the norm, to encourage a community or single body of the plants as they develop their collective canopy, and dig their vines deep through the gravelly soils in search of water and nutrients, anchoring them against the wind. Fruit is low-yielding.
And as is the nature of the wind, Warekilla was not the only place to keep Robert grounded; Place of Changing Winds sources fruit from Heathcote for their two cuvées of Syrah and their Marsanne.
| Product Type | Wine Red Shiraz |
| Volume | 750ml |
| Country | Australia |
| Region | Victoria |
| Winemaking Practices | Minimal Intervention |
| Vineyard Practices | Conventional |