Place of Changing Winds Larderdark Chardonnay 2023

Written By Campbell Mattinson
Bottle of Place of Changing Winds Larderdark Chardonnay 2023.

Place of Changing Winds Larderdark Chardonnay 2023
$160, 13% alcohol, DIAM cork, Macedon Ranges.

If this wine was a boxer you’d take one look at it sparring and think: heaven help the person who stands in the way of that right hand. It’s a muscular, taut, ripped chardonnay of genuine power and depth, and while it’s reticent for now, it’s clear that gravity lives here. It tastes of rocks, stone fruits, hay, smoke, brine and chalk, and once it’s had time to settle and assess it’s going to contend with the best of them. 95 points.

Campbell Mattinson

Campbell Mattinson has been an independent journalist, wine critic and photographer for forty years. He founded The Winefront, is a former chief editor of the Halliday Wine Companion (and former editor of Halliday magazine), and is the only Australian to have won the Australian Wine Communicator of the Year Award more than once. He is 100% independent, and tastes between 5,000 and 10,000 wines each year, blind and in comparative brackets as often as is practicable.

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Mattinson is also the founder of the Mattinson Photography business.

https://www.campbellmattinson.com
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