Place of Changing Winds Tradition 2019

Description

Place of Changing Winds is the vineyard project of Bibendum wine importer’s founder and owner Robert Walters. It is a single site in the Macedon Ranges of Victoria where Walters and his team began planting in 2012. To understand how to establish and manage this kind of vineyard took a lot of research and has been the result of some 25 years of engagement with the best European growers. By the time the project was established, Rob, with his viticulturist and friend Tim Brown had visited Europe together five times, in order to meet with many of the most inspirational growers Rob knows, and finalsing the planning of the vineyard.

The vineyard is in a little hamlet called Bullengarook, between Mount Bullengarook and Mount Macedon, in the hills above Gisborne, about one-hour north-west of Melbourne. This area was called Warekilla by the original inhabitants, the Wurundjeri people. In their language, Warekilla meant ‘Place of Changing Winds’ (a characteristic of the site that still holds true today).

It is a very rocky, gravelly soil and historically this soil type was called “Bullengarook gravel”. The elevation is a high 500+ metres and the average rainfall is typically between 700 and 900 mm. It’s a genuinely cool site with very cold nights and massive diurnal range (variation between max day and night temperatures) which Pinot and Chardonnay love.

‘Tradition’ is a blend of declassified Estate Pinot Noir blended with Heathcote Syrah. It’s a homage to the two red wine styles POCW produce. The name is a little joke but it also nods to the pioneer of blending Syrah with Pinot (in the 50s and 60s), Hunter legend Maurice O’Shea. Simply, the POCW team trialed the blend, loved it and so bottled it. With the two varieties providing a great foil for one another, you can expect lots of crunchy red fruits, hints of cola, some rose like hints, bright, peppery freshness and a long, tangy close. Delicious is the 2019 release.
Organic vineyard practice. 13.0% alc

94 points, Campbell Mattinson, The Wine Front  “It’s a beautiful piece of craft. Beautiful fruit, beautiful savoury nuances, finessed tannin, convincing in every way. Black cherries, juicy plums, cloves, peppers and smoked herbs. The flavours hit and then spread. The tannin eggs the spread of flavour on. The finish leaves you satisfied and wanting more as if it’s one and the same. It takes a little while to open up, as most of the best wines do; quality loves air. Or wind, in this case. This is a garden of a wine, fertile, growing, friendly, generous. It makes good company.”

RRP $46 **Our Price $38.99 last bottles