This wine is a blend of Heathcote (66%) and Harcourt (34%) Syrah. Although this is the “entry-point” red, it gets the same attention to detail as the other cuvées, and even here, it has serious intensity, good tannins and ageworthiness. About 70% whole bunches were used, and the wine matured in a range of casks (primarily large Stockinger) for the first year before resting in tank for the rest of its maturation. It was bottled in late December 2023. It’s a spicy, cool Syrah/Shiraz that will drink well young but can be aged with confidence

93 POINTS: “A blend of Heathcote and Harcourt fruit turning out a deep, dark garnet hue; aromas of bitumen, Middle Eastern/exotic spices with some meaty/smoky notes, all so spicy, with some florals too. It even has a rusty/iron aroma. Flavours of black plums, licorice and fresh herbs flood the medium- to fuller-bodied palate, and while tannins are a little raspy, this is still tightly coiled and needs more time to open.”
~ Jane Faulkner, The Wine Companion

93 POINTS: “The 2022 Syrah No 2 is sumptuous and chewy, with a ferruginous drift of tannin across the palate. The fruit strays from mulberry to chinotto, sarsaparilla, welding metal to matcha, pastrami to sweet roasted beetroots. It is at once earthy and bloody, feral and fine, composed and neat. It's a beautiful wine, and I'm attracted to the chiaroscuro of elements; it feels primal and real."
~ Erin Larkin, The Wine Advocate

PLACE OF CHANGING WINDS - THE GROWERS SERIES
In addition to their Estate wines, Place of Changing Winds also produces Syrah and Marsanne from regional Victoria. One vineyard is located in the Heathcote region, on the famed, red “Cambrian” soils of the Mt Camel Ranges. The second vineyard is in Harcourt, 85km to the north and cooler than Heathcote, with soils of pure, granitic sands.