Ghost Town Chardonnay Mt Difficulty Bendigo 2019

£35.95 per bottle

13.5% ABV

Tasting Notes
Ghost Town Chardonnay is handcrafted in very limited quantities. The juice is fermented in oak barrels using their wild yeasts, the result is a creamy, textured wine; full of ripe stone fruit flavours and notes of acacia, nougat and citrus. A fine, precise acidity complements the richer characters with a hint of flinty minerality on the finish.

Food
Serve with scallops and lobster in a beurre blanc sauce or grilled chicken.

Media
Bob Campbell MW Real review 2021 awarded 93 points.

Region
A spectacular landscape and sophisticated tourist culture also home to some of the world`s best Pinot Noir, not to mention impressive, vivid white wines. Main sub-regions lie within close reach, but the distinctive mountainous terrain means each occupies a unique microclimate. Soils can vary considerably within each sub-region though a stony free draining base is common to all. The world`s southernmost wine region and the country`s highest, in this semi-continental climate, with dry autumns and low humidity ensuring amazing purity and complexity.

Producer
Mt Difficulty is Central Otago’s leading artisan winegrower with a pioneering heritage based in Bannockburn. With their founding vineyards established in 1992, Mt Difficulty owns some of the oldest vines having harnessed this once brutal terrain to produce premium wines that are among the finest in New Zealand. Mount Difficulty is Bannockburn’s highest peak and the backdrop to their vineyards – some of Bannockburn’s oldest. Sustainability is at the heart of everything they do including using recycled glass made locally, a living roof to encourage biodiversity and new waste reduction technology to list just a few things they do.