2023 Place of Changing Winds Tradition Red

93 POINTS

Mike Bennie - The Wine Front

This is a blend of home grown pinot noir and syrah fruit from outside the estate. It is half and half of each variety. There’s a strong 80% whole bunch here too. Bold in the cool, wet year. Lean in. Fine, sleek and slick red, more pinot than syrah, if you get my drift, or read on and find out. Red cherry, white mushroom, tarragon and lemon verbena, white pepper, crunch of green capsicum, a touch of resinous pipe tobacco shot through. It’s a fine, light weight, zesty red wine with some slightly jangly characters between fruit, spice and mineral elements, finishes soundly and with length, a bit watercolour but the grippy texture does well to stay the course, albeit the finish a bit gummy right now. I’d wait a bit to drink, but there’s pleasing things happening now.