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Place of Changing Winds Larderdark Chardonnay 2023

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Place of Changing Winds Larderdark Chardonnay 2023
Producer Place of Changing Winds
Region, Country Macedon Ranges, Australia
Bottle Size 750ml
Case Size 6
Product Code 24352-750

This deep, powerful, racy Chardonnay is the finest we’ve produced. To appreciate the intensity of the wine, it’s worth pondering the tiny yields of 144g/vine, which equates to only 12 hectolitres per hectare! To give some context, Australian Chardonnay is almost always cropped in the kilos per vine (some very famous wines are made from vines that crop 3-4kg/vine), and the maximum yield for Grand Cru Burgundy is at least 40hl/ha (roughly 600g/vine). So, it’s no surprise—coming from yields that are a quarter of those permitted in Grand Cru Burgundy—that this is a wine of huge drive and length.

Expect loads of ruby grapefruit and quince, some creamy lees, and, as the wine is given air, an exotic note as well as a salinity to the finish that Rob feels is typical of the place. The wine was made very simply: pressed and sent to barrel and Wineglobe (glass fermenter) with all its lees for primary and complete malolactic fermentation. Three-quarters of the wine fermented and aged in glass vessels, and there was also one new 228-litre Stockinger barrique. The wine was bottled at the end of September 2024.

Alcohol: 12.9%.  Closure: Diam. Only 974 bottles produced.

Place of Changing Winds Larderdark Chardonnay 2023

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“Everything about this wine oozes restraint and composure. The 2023 Larderdark Chardonnay leads with chalk and florals, citrus pith and musk sticks, crushed nuts and brine. On the palate, the wine is long and enveloping, with no hard edges or angles, and the length is a remarkable thing in and of itself. Pastry, baking spice and dried green herbs emerge. It is quite different in character to the 2022 wine, and personally, I prefer the character of this iteration.However, they are both exceptional wines. It comes from low-yielding vines (144 grams per vine, which is 12 hectoliters per hectare), went through full malolactic and matured in three Wineglobes and one new Stockinger barrique. The oak is apparent but not intrusive, and the sapid core of lime flavor is like bursting a finger lime parcel on the tongue: pure and stinging. This is a beautiful wine here. 974 bottles filled. 12.9% alcohol, sealed under screw Diam and wax.”
96+ points, Erin Larkin, The Wine Advocate

Reviews

“Everything about this wine oozes restraint and composure. The 2023 Larderdark Chardonnay leads with chalk and florals, citrus pith and musk sticks, crushed nuts and brine. On the palate, the wine is long and enveloping, with no hard edges or angles, and the length is a remarkable thing in and of itself. Pastry, baking spice and dried green herbs emerge. It is quite different in character to the 2022 wine, and personally, I prefer the character of this iteration.However, they are both exceptional wines. It comes from low-yielding vines (144 grams per vine, which is 12 hectoliters per hectare), went through full malolactic and matured in three Wineglobes and one new Stockinger barrique. The oak is apparent but not intrusive, and the sapid core of lime flavor is like bursting a finger lime parcel on the tongue: pure and stinging. This is a beautiful wine here. 974 bottles filled. 12.9% alcohol, sealed under screw Diam and wax.”
96+ points, Erin Larkin, The Wine Advocate

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