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About This Wine
The riper characters of McFelin Ridge come through with stonefruit and peach notes, followed by a nice line of lime and a background brioche note. There is a supple, textured entry onto the palate with a lovely depth of stonefruit and white peach blossom. The wine has lovely focus and treads a fine line on the palate; brioche notes frame clean acidity on the finish of the wine.
Type | White Wine |
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Varietal(s) | Chardonnay |
Country | New Zealand |
Region | Central Otago |
Brand | Mount Difficulty |
Vintage | 2017 |
Central Otago Wines
Central Otago is a unique wine region for New Zealand as it does not grow any of the country's famous Sauvignon Blanc but also unique globally for being the most southerly commercial wine region in the world. The region is famous for its fruity and full-bodied Pinot Noir with about ¾ of all vineyards in the region growing this grape variety. One of our favourite Pinot Noir regions here at World Wine.
Central Otago is the only region in New Zealand with a truly continental climate, with large daily and seasonal temperature extremes. At 300m in elevation, vineyards are protected from the cold ocean winds by high mountains reaching 3700m. The soils are also different to the rest of the country, with heavy deposits of rough-edged mica and other metamorphic schists in silt loams.
Historically, the subregion of Bannockburn has seen the most success. However, the region has seen significant growth in recent years and other sub regions are also flourishing.