2022 Place of Changing Winds Between Two Mountains Pinot Noir
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2022 Place of Changing Winds Between Two Mountains Pinot Noir

Macedon Ranges, Victoria, AUSTRALIA
$150. 00
Bottle
$1800.00 Dozen
ABV: 13.5%
Closure: Diam Cork

Place of Changing Winds is located between Mount Macedon and Mount Bullengarook, which inspired the name of this cuvée. The Between Two Mountains, the most representative of the season, is made from all the estate's plots except those used for the Beyond the Forest cuvée. It matured for 18 months in Stockinger casks, with 50% new oak, though the impact of the new oak is minimal due to the large 1,000-liter cask size. It was bottled in January 2024.

Other Reviews....
A blend of all the estate sites, except the small parcel making up the Beyond The Forest pinot. This needed a lot of time to unfurl, so best to decant it. It’ll then reward you with morello and sweet dark cherries, warm earth and sumac aromas. Full bodied, savoury with pleasing supple tannins. Drink 2024 - 2034.
95 Points
Jane Faulkner - Halliday's Australian Wine Companion

Named for its more or less equidistance between Mount Macedon and Mount Bullengarook. Produced from all plots on the estate. Matured in 50% new and old Stockinger casks.
Svelte and sleek with distinct succulence and pucker. A sheath of lacy, granitic tannin over dark cherry, tumbles of dried herbs, woody spice, some nori and truffle-like characters in the mix and a general sense of ultra pure, tart cherry juice and flecks of dried currant and cranberry. A real feast for the senses here. Incredible extension of flavour and an almost unnerving consistency to texture in all that – a long and exacting ride of character and charm. Loads of evocative perfume too. Wonderful, all up. Drink 2024 - 2040.
96+ Points
Mike Bennie - The Wine Front

The 2022 Between Two Mountains Pinot Noir is spicy and fine on the nose, with cherry pip, raspberry leaf, crushed rocks, pumice stone tannins and black tea. In the mouth, the wine is all about rose petals and iron, silty tannins and lashings of blood plum skin, with violets and Pink Lady apples, rosemary, blood orange, arnica and a very gentle amaro persuasion. A light finish is made persistent by enduring tannins that chew and sway. It's so nice. Distinct. It's easy to swoon somewhat over the packaging, which is not important to wine quality but an indication of aesthetics. It matured for 18 months in Stockinger casks (50% new) and was bottled in January 2024. 13.2% alcohol, sealed under Diam.
94+ Points
Erin Larkin - Robert Parker's Wine Advocate