Tasting Notes
This wine is based on our closest planted vines—20,000 and 33,000 vines per hectare—along with some surrounding vines to fill the fermenters. At such density, almost all of the work is done by hand and the yields are a paltry 100-200 grams per vine. Obviously the cost of production must be reflected in the price. We don’t say that this is a better wine, only that it is different. It was completely de-stemmed and aged in one Stockinger and one Dominique Laurent cask.
It obviously has significant depth and texture but also phenomenal finesse and lingering perfume. It will be fascinating to watch it age and evolve. No fining or filtration. Nothing added bar minimal SO2. Bottled by gravity. - Rob Walters
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 Pinot Noir |
| Volume | 750ml |
| Country | Australia |
| Region | Victoria |
| Sub Region | Macedon Ranges |
| Winemaking Practices | Minimal Intervention |
| Vineyard Practices | Organic/Biodynamic |