Place of Changing Winds Tradition Red 2022 

Who: Place of Changing Winds
Where: Macedon Ranges, Australia
What: 60% Syrah and 40% Pinot Noir

Syrah/Pinot Noir blends have a history among Australia’s great wines, like those of Hunter Valley legend Maurice O’Shea in the 1940s and ’50s. Over the last decade, this blend has resurged with great acclaim. The Tradition Red 2022 pays homage with 40% Pinot Noir from estate fruit and 60% Syrah from Heathcote and Harcourt growers. It spent the first year in a mix of large and small mostly neutral oak barrels, with the last phase of ageing in steel tank and 600L Stockinger cask. The resulting wine is an elegant blend of bright, juicy fruits with perfumed complexity of cedarwood and woodsy spice.