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

This article was written by Campbell Mattinson, former chief editor of the Halliday Wine Companion book, former editor of Halliday magazine, former editor of Australian Sommelier Magazine and founder of the highly respected The Winefront site.

Mattinson has been an independent wine critic and photo-journalist since 1987. He’s the only Australian to have won the Australian Wine Communicator of the Year Award more than once. He’s a past winner of a Louis Roederer International Wine Media Award; is the author of the award-winning book The Wine Hunter; and is the author of the best-selling novel We Were Not Men. He’s also a winner of a St Kilda Film Festival Award (as writer-director) and is a former winner of the prized Best Australian Sports Writing Award.

Mattinson, who is 100% independent, puts a score out of 100 on every wine that he reviews. But what he’d rather do, is tell you the wine’s story.

https://www.campbellmattinson.com
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