Place of Changing Winds Harcourt Marsanne Rousanne 2022
Place of Changing Winds Harcourt Marsanne Rousanne 2022
This comes from the same vineyard as our Harcourt Syrah. As always, the grapes were picked fully ripe, pressed gently and sent straight to barrel (500- and 228-litre) as well as 220-litre glass Wineglobe for fermentation and aging. Malolactic fermentation was left to happen naturally. After 12 months in cask and Wineglobe, the wine was racked to tank for an additional eight months before being bottled at the end of November 2023. It will certainly age, gaining more honeyed characters, but it’s delicious now. It has the power and richness of previous releases, yet with good vibrancy thanks to Harcourt’s soils, the cooler year and the inclusion of good levels of Roussanne in the blend.
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“This is such a wonderful wine its success is in its concentration of flavour and texture (fleshy and chalky at the same time), its vivid sense of hallmarks of the variety (bitter lemon, preserved lemon, herbal detail, minerality) And a general sense of energy. It sits at medium weight. Its stains the palette gently, its perfume is inviting and ultra-pleasing, that it drinks with such ease belies its complexity. Wickedly enjoyable.” 94 points, Mike Bennie, The Wine Front