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Place of Changing Winds Larderdark Chardonnay 2022

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    Larderdark is the historical name of the forest that surrounds Place of Changing Winds and is now a fitting name for their darling Chardonnay. At this stage in the vineyard’s evolution, the estate’s close-planted Chardonnay vines have only given tiny yields. This has resulted in terrific concentration and power, while the climate has delivered mouth-watering freshness and drive. These two factors make for something unique. Sadly, there’s not much to go around. The wine was fermented and aged in Wineglobe (glass), one older barrique and one new 500-litre Dominque Laurent cask. It underwent malolactic fermentation and was bottled at the end of November 2023. 

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    Larderdark is the historical name of the forest that surrounds Place of Changing Winds and is now a fitting name for their darling Chardonnay. At this stage in the vineyard’s evolution, the estate’s close-planted Chardonnay vines have only given tiny yields. This has resulted in terrific concentration and power, while the climate has delivered mouth-watering freshness and drive. These two factors make for something unique. Sadly, there’s not much to go around. The wine was fermented and aged in Wineglobe (glass), one older barrique and one new 500-litre Dominque Laurent cask. It underwent malolactic fermentation and was bottled at the end of November 2023. 

    Organic

    Varietal

    Chardonnay

    Country

    Australia

    Region

    Heathcote, Victoria

    Vintage

    2022

    ABV

    13.3%

    Bottle size

    750ml

    Trusted by the professionals

    Close-planted vines. The wine rested in glass Wineglobes, the sentient alien looking pods that they are, and two oak casks. So elegant, so refined, poise and precision yet with flavour and depth. It opens with flickers of flinty mineral elements, toast and woody spices, sweet spice too, sugared almond, green apple, stone fruits and alpine herbal elements. The palate a good reflection of this, quite notable concentration and depth, a plushness trimmed with talc-like mineral pucker and a long, palate-staining, sweet spice finish. One of those wines you shake the last drops out of the bottle onto your tongue, or is that just me?

    — Mike Bennie, The Wine Front, 96 points

    Place of Changing Winds

    Place of Changing Winds is a unique high-density vineyard situated on the southern foothills of Mount Macedon in central Victoria, Australia. Established in 2012 by wine buyer and importer Robert Walters, with the aim to create a small, high-density vineyard that could produce exceptional wines. The winery is named after its original name given by the Wurundjeri people, who called it Warekilla, or Place of Changing Winds, which still holds true today. This winery produces two sets of wines - Estate Pinot Noir and Chardonnay from their own vines, and Syrah, Marsanne from two grower vineyards, which showcase the distinct characteristics of each region. The Estate wines from Place of Changing Winds are exclusively from their property, which has an altitude of 500 meters above sea level. This cool site has good rain, cold nights and a wide diurnal range, which is surrounded by native plantings and thousands of hectares of forest. 

    Tasting notes

    NOSE
    Flinty, Stone Fruits, Alpine Herbs

    So elegant, so refined, poise and precision yet with flavour and depth. It opens with flickers of flinty mineral elements, toast and woody spices, sweet spice too, sugared almond, green apple, stone fruits and alpine herbal elements.

    PALATE
    Palate Staining, Concentrated

    The palate a good reflection of the nose, with a notable concentration and depth of flavour.

    FINISH
    Deep, Talc-like, Sweet Spice

    All that plushness is trimmed with talc-like mineral pucker and a long, palate-staining, sweet spice finish.