2023 Place of Changing Winds Syrah No.2 (1500ml)

94 POINTS

Mike Bennie - The Wine Front

A blend of Heathcote and Harcourt, the double H thing going on. Lots of whole bunches and Stockinger oak used. This feels like it nailed the brief. 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.

92 POINTS

Erin Larkin - Robert Parker Wine Advocate

The 2023 Syrah No 2 is a blend of both the Heathcote and Harcourt vineyards. The cooler season has given the fruit definition here, and the large proportion of whole bunches has similarly left its mark. It was matured in a range of oak, much of it large-format Stockinger, and a concrete egg. This is spicy and fresh, with a splay of gritty tannin in the mouth that fills every nook and cranny of perception. 13.5% alcohol, sealed under Diam.