2021 Place of Changing Winds Syrah 'Grower Series #2', Victoria, Australia Forlorn Hope Christophe is a third-generation vigneron

Christophe is a third-generation vigneron

with fruits in the dark-red part of the spectrum

and La Platière

Of the three grand crus issuing forth from Lignier’s cellar

sweet and at the same time austere taste to this wine

2021 Place of Changing Winds Syrah 'Grower Series #2', Victoria, Australia Forlorn Hope Christophe is a third-generation vigneronA blend of both the Heathcote and Harcourt fruit The soils are made from the famous Cambrian soilsred dirt made up of eroded basalt over limestone, shot through with greenstone and jasper Fermented with indigenous yeast, 60% whole bunches Aged in mostly large, neutral oak (Stockinger) and concrete tank for 16 months Rested for a further six months in steel tanks