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Place Of Changing Winds Heathcote Syrah 2019

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Place Of Changing Winds Heathcote Syrah 2019
Producer Place of Changing Winds
Region, Country Heathcote, Australia
Bottle Size 750ml
Case Size 6
Product Code 18199-750

2019 was a warm, dry and fast-ripening vintage. It was a relatively easy year where the only critical decision for the team was getting the picking date right. The ferments were full of energy and flew through without incident. The Syrah was fermented naturally with varying levels of crushing and time on skins, including some full carbonic. The logic was to use whole berry and whole bunch fermentation to bring perfume and finesse to the natural power of Heathcote. Fermentation was in stainless and concrete tank and the aging was mostly in large, neutral oak (Stockinger), and some older barriques (from a range of coopers). Neither this Syrah nor the 2019 Marsanne was fined or filtered, and SO₂ was kept to a minimum.

The wine speaks for itself—it’s bright and juicy with good depth and excellent freshness. Jamie Goode’s note captures it well enough.



Place Of Changing Winds Heathcote Syrah 2019

Reviews

"It’s an incredibly fresh wine, both in style and in presentation. It’s juicy and refreshing, and for that alone it feels very different to the Heathcote norm. Intricate, lacy, fine-grained, grapey; all these words apply. Cherry, plum, sultana and boysenberry are all evident, as is earth, sweet spice, tobacco, meat and stem. It’s a wine with many positive but its best aspect is its finish, which curls out like smoke rising from an intensely defined source. We’re in good days now but better days yet are ahead. This is an elegant, intricate, filigreed delight."
94 points, Campbell Mattinson, Winefront
“There’s an amazing elegance to the palate, which is soft and smooth, without being jammy. It’s a ripe, luxurious wine showing great promise, with a hint of meat and pepper savouriness alongside the ripe fruit. There’s a sleek ripe side to the wine but also some good definition and focus. Very fine, doing a really difficult job of balancing ripeness and freshness really well.”
94 points, Jamie Goode, Wine Anorak
"Deep purple/red brilliant colour, with a powerfully spicy bouquet that recalls pepper, cloves, cinnamon, and red and blue berry fruits beneath. The wine is elegantly framed and medium to full-bodied, with supple, balanced tannins and easy accessibility despite its youth. Plum stones on the finish. A shiraz in a more Rhône-like, un-Australian cast. It's different—and appealingly so.
93 points, Huon Hooke, The Real Review
"Deep purple/red brilliant colour, with a powerfully spicy bouquet that recalls pepper, cloves, cinnamon, and red and blue berry fruits beneath. The wine is elegantly framed and medium to full-bodied, with supple, balanced tannins and easy accessibility despite its youth. Plum stones on the finish. A shiraz in a more Rhône-like, un-Australian cast. It's different—and appealingly so.
93 points, Huon Hooke, The Real Review

Reviews

"It’s an incredibly fresh wine, both in style and in presentation. It’s juicy and refreshing, and for that alone it feels very different to the Heathcote norm. Intricate, lacy, fine-grained, grapey; all these words apply. Cherry, plum, sultana and boysenberry are all evident, as is earth, sweet spice, tobacco, meat and stem. It’s a wine with many positive but its best aspect is its finish, which curls out like smoke rising from an intensely defined source. We’re in good days now but better days yet are ahead. This is an elegant, intricate, filigreed delight."
94 points, Campbell Mattinson, Winefront
“There’s an amazing elegance to the palate, which is soft and smooth, without being jammy. It’s a ripe, luxurious wine showing great promise, with a hint of meat and pepper savouriness alongside the ripe fruit. There’s a sleek ripe side to the wine but also some good definition and focus. Very fine, doing a really difficult job of balancing ripeness and freshness really well.”
94 points, Jamie Goode, Wine Anorak
"Deep purple/red brilliant colour, with a powerfully spicy bouquet that recalls pepper, cloves, cinnamon, and red and blue berry fruits beneath. The wine is elegantly framed and medium to full-bodied, with supple, balanced tannins and easy accessibility despite its youth. Plum stones on the finish. A shiraz in a more Rhône-like, un-Australian cast. It's different—and appealingly so.
93 points, Huon Hooke, The Real Review
"Deep purple/red brilliant colour, with a powerfully spicy bouquet that recalls pepper, cloves, cinnamon, and red and blue berry fruits beneath. The wine is elegantly framed and medium to full-bodied, with supple, balanced tannins and easy accessibility despite its youth. Plum stones on the finish. A shiraz in a more Rhône-like, un-Australian cast. It's different—and appealingly so.
93 points, Huon Hooke, The Real Review

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