2023 Place of Changing Winds 'Syrah No. 2'

About The Wine

The Syrah No.2 is a blend of the two blocks in Heathcote and Harcourt. Although it’s the most accessibly priced wine, it’s important to stress that it gets the same attention to detail in the vineyard and the winery as all POCW’s other wines. The 2023 was fermented with mostly whole-bunches and matured in a range of casks (mostly large, neutral Stockinger) and a concrete egg.

The Harcourt vines give finesse and perfume, while the Heathcote site with its deep red Cambrian soils gives both depth and structure. It was bottled in February 2025, almost two years after harvest. Rob’s belief that the 2023 is the most exciting release to date is well founded.

Review

“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

Snapshot

Region: Heathcote and Harcourt, VIC

Country: Australia

Alcohol: 13.5%

Vintage: 2023

Size: 750ml

Closure: Cork under seal

Varieties: Syrah

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