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1 - 12 of 13 Mt Difficulty Roaring Meg Sauvignon Blanc
Mt Difficulty Bannockburn Dry Riesling
Central Otago
Available in cartons of six
Mt Difficulty were established in just the right way, when Bannockburn's most dedicated growers formed a commune to make Central Otago's finest wines. Riesling is sourced predominantly from Templars Hill vineyard, hand picked and fermented to dryness through the action of indigenous yeasts on full solids, rested unstirred on gross yeast lees for eleven months to build exceptional palate weight. Ripe citrus bouquet, peach blossom and linear grapefruit palate, a lovely line and drive, a pithy phenolic structure, works in harmony with the acidity to frame the finish beautifully.
$3199each
$383DOZEN
EACH
DOZEN
Mt Difficulty Bannockburn Pinot Gris
Central Otago
Available in cartons of six
Mt Difficulty are sourced from resplendent sites at Bannockburn, south of the Kawarau River, under the close scrutiny of a highly accomplished viticultural team. An assemblage of fruit from a number of estate vineyards, Long Gully and Templars Hill, Ferris and Bannockburn Bay, Swansong and Pipeclay Terrace. A stunning nose of white peach, blossoms and bosc pear, luscious fruits to the palate, creamy and full of more ish flavour, gossamer textured and defined. Enriched by lees texture, reined in by lithe acid tang, a rich, minerally, stone fruit driven finish.
$3199each
$383DOZEN
EACH
DOZEN
Grapes are hand harvested in top condition and processed in a reductive manner, the juices settled overnight and racked slightly cloudy the following morning. A cool fermentation maximizes varietal charm. All components remain five months on gross yeast lees whilst being treated to a weekly stirring, enhancing the complexity and textural aspects of the final wine.
Mt Difficulty Bannockburn Pinot Noir
Central Otago
Available in cases of 6
By virtue of their prolific range of single vineyard editions, assembling parcels with the greatest synergy are central to the production of a Mt Difficulty in perfect balance. Fruit is sourced from the south side of Kawarau River at Bannockburn, where different clonal parcels on the same block, which can ripen together, are handled as a unique individual parcel. Exhibiting an amazing weight of fruit on the palate, a powerfully structured Otago Pinot, fleshy and plushly textured, finishing with a lovely extraction of velvet tannin and perfumed cherry plum richness.
$5899each
$707DOZEN
EACH
DOZEN
 
Attractive dark burgundy colour. Deliciously perfumed aromatics, dark red and black fruits of the forest dominate, underpinned by lifted floral notes. A palate of lovely elegance and flow, striking precision and clarity, plush dense fruit of the forest flavours, plushness moves beautifully into the mid palate, fine elegant textural tannins frame the fruit and acidity before a lengthy finish.
Mt Difficulty Bannockburn Pinot Noir 1.5L MAGNUM
Central Otago
$15499each
$1859DOZEN
EACH
DOZEN
Mt Difficulty Bannockburn Pinot Noir 375ml
Central Otago
Available in cartons of six
$3299each
$395DOZEN
EACH
DOZEN
Mt Difficulty Bannockburn Sauvignon Blanc
Central Otago
Available in cartons of six
Auspiciously centred around the felicitious township of Bannockburn, an area of terrestrial and climactic extremes, Mt Difficulty are a co operatrive of Central Otago's most distinguished growers. Assembled from a compilation of parcels Sauvignon Blanc, picked off the Templars Hill, Mansons Farm and Saffron vineyards, a tenth of the wine is treated to ferments in pre loved oak barrels for a touch of Fumé Blanc. Redolent of lime, quince and pungent hay, four months weekly stirring on gross lees has added serious palate weight while infusing optimal varietal richness.
$3199each
$383DOZEN
EACH
DOZEN
Mt Difficulty Long Gully Vineyard Pinot Noir
Central Otago
Available in cases of 6
Long Gully Vineyard is perched atop the banks of Kawarau River, one of the oldest sites in Bannockburn. A mix of destemmed grapes and whole bunches are treated to days of maceration followed by a week of warm temperature ferments. Batches are punched down for a week, pressed and racked to barrel for malolactic and sixteen months maturation. Dark cherryness and earthy, savoury brown spice over a background of mocha oak. Long Gully Pinot Noir is hand crafted in very limited quantities and only ever released from the finest vintages.
$10399each
$1247DOZEN
EACH
DOZEN
Mt Difficulty Mansons Farm Pinot Noir
Central Otago
Available in cases of 6
Clones 113, 114 and 115, planted to a site of schist glacial gravels along the banks of Kawarau River, a terroir that's heaven sent for superior vintages Pinot Noir. Grapes are all destemmed, cold soaked and treated to a fortnight of ferments, followed by several days of maceration, rested and racked to barrel for malolactic and sixteen months maturation. Painstakingly hand crafted, its earthy, savoury, sauvage raspberry notes before a background of violet florals, densely sculptured palate with lovely tension over persistent fine grained tannins and very cherry fruit.
$10399each
$1247DOZEN
EACH
DOZEN
Mt Difficulty McFelin Ridge Chardonnay
Central Otago
Mt Difficulty is one of the most venerable wineries in all Aotearoa, they retain access to some of the oldest vineyards. The propitious vines at McFelin Ridge make a bigger, savoury style of Chardonnay. Destemmed fruit is pressed to a selection of seasoned and new French oak for vinification on full solids to indigenous yeasts, partial malolactic and bottling in March of the following year. Cashews, mineral and flint, perfumed by peach, stonefruits and lime, encased in a brioche of creamy palate textures, resolving on a butternut, juicy jonagold finish.
$4099each
$491DOZEN
EACH
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Mt Difficulty Packspur Vineyard Pinot Noir
Central Otago
Available in cases of 6
Elite single vineyard Pinot Noir, Mt Difficulty reflects the virtue of painfully low yields and uncompromising standards of winemaking. The artisanal commune of dedicated growers have harnessed the once brutal terrains of New Zealand's deep south, to achieve vintages which set the benchmark for all new world wines. Packspur was established 1993 along a track that was used to pack supplies to the goldfields of Cardrona Valley. Three hectares of north facing Pinot Noir clones 5, 6, 115 and Lincoln Mix, were planted to escape the worst of Central Otago's withering winds.
$8099each
$971DOZEN
EACH
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Mt Difficulty Roaring Meg Pinot Gris
Central Otago
Sites which have been earmarked on the basis of soil, aspect and microclime, are managed by the Mt Difficulty viticultural team and most dedicated growers, to yield the South Island's finest vintages of Pinot Gris. Selection of fruit is subject to strict criteria, parcels must be exclusively sourced from Bannockburn vineyards, on the south side of Kawarau River in the southern Cromwell basin. Fashioned to an off dry styling, followed by four months on gross yeast lees with weekly stirring to enhance complexity and texture.
$2499each
$299DOZEN
EACH
DOZEN
 
Mellow, creamy light straw colour. Vibrant aromatics, reminiscent of a fruit cocktail full of white pear, passionfruit and melon. On the palate, these characters are duplicated with a length of lovely rich flavours and ripe succulent peach, a creamily textured mid palate resolves on a pleasantly off dry finish. The wine of choice to accompany olive oiled spatchcock, grilled and seasoned with coriander and thyme.
Mt Difficulty Roaring Meg Pinot Noir
Central Otago
Available in cartons of six
A multi award winning Pinot Noir, Roaring Meg is the enthusiastic younger brother to the exalted Mt Difficulty label, a more approachable sibling of opulence and panache. Crafted to a fruit forward style from hand picked vineyards throughout the Cromwell basin, even in its early youth, Roaring Meg is fashioned to exhibit exhilarating spice characters and a concentration of ripe Pinot characters.
$3599each
$431DOZEN
EACH
DOZEN
Pinot Noir is harvested from Central Otago vineyards along the south side of Kawarau River, clones 5, 6 and 10/5, Dijon 113 and 115, 667 and 777, all selected on the basis of intense varietal expression. Grapes are all destemmed into fermenters for three or more weeks, as temperatures peak at 29C to 30C. Batches are plunged daily during the initial macerations and twice daily throughout the course of vinification. Upon completion, parcels are pressed off to French oak barrel for ten months on gross sedimentery lees and malolactic ferments during the following spring, racked out of barrel in mid summer and treated to light filtration for bottling.
 
Deep ruby colour. A meaty wine with a seductive entry, vibrant and fruit filled with a perfumed intensity. A lovely mix of red and black berries with beguiling complexity and fine integration gained from the spiced, aromatic oak. Persistence of sensual fruit with raspberry ripple creaminess and a savoury bite. Tannins rise gracefully out of the middle palate, in fine balance with the wine's acidity and fruit, to produce a long fruit driven finish.
1 - 12 of 13 Mt Difficulty Roaring Meg Sauvignon Blanc
From vineyards established early in the winemaking traditions of Central Otago, as handled by owner operators who are amongst the region's most passionate

Mt Difficulty owns some of the oldest vineyards and is one of most respected wineries in the Central Otago region of New Zealand's rugged South Island. The joint venture company, founded by some of Central Otago's most devoted and skillful growers, has grown into a leading New Zealand boutique winery with export markets everywhere.

Mt Difficulty

Mt Difficulty really is a boutique estate, situated in Bannockburn, a unique and rare area of extremes. Mt Difficulty has harnessed the once brutal terrain to produce premium wines at the forefront of Central Otago's wine production. The Bannockburn area is internationally recognized as one of the few places in the world where the pernickety Pinot noir variety has found a home outside Burgundy. Martinborough in the North Island and USA's Oregon are the only other regions where Pinot noir seems to flourish.

http://www.mtdifficulty.co.nz/ - Mt Difficulty

The estate's vineyards are owned and operated by the same people who started up and own the Mt Difficulty winemaking operations. The Mt Difficulty brand started in 1998 with a very small production of Pinot noir and Chardonnay. Previously their grapes were included in many top-performing wines from other Central Otago wineries. The inaugural Pinot noir went on to win a Gold medal at the 1999 Air New Zealand wine awards, the Chardonnay attaining Silver. This was a great result for a startup winery and showed to the world the potential of Central Otago for these varieties.

The unique microclimate of the Bannockburn area provides hot summers, a large diurnal temperature variation and long cool autumns which bring the best out of the Pinot noir grapes. This, along with a mix of clays and gravels ideal for viticulture, provides an excellent basis not only for Pinot noir, but also for Pinot gris, Riesling, and Chardonnay. Mt Difficulty was named after the mountain over-looking Felton Road and the southern Cromwell basin. This mountain is a very important part of the Bannockburn microclimate providing shelter from the cool winds of the Wakatipu Basin and Gibbston.

All wines that carry the Mt Difficulty label are subject to two strict criteria: they have to be sourced from vineyards situated in a very specific area – Bannockburn, south of the Kawarau River – and they are to be under the umbrella of the Mt Difficulty management team. The very special qualities for growing grapes and the management of the vineyard is reflected in the quality of the ultimate product.

The area of Mt Difficulty has undergone enormous transformations prior to ever becoming a vineyard. Of all the sites chosen to be a vineyard, Templars Hill was the most woebegone and unlikely: a rabbit infested, gullied and briar covered wasteland that took a lot of work to get into shape to become a vineyard. To ensure the full potential of the region is realized, the winemaking team have a policy of very low cropping levels across all vineyards. Most of the vines are relatively old for Central Otago, extremely valuable in adding extra complexity and concentration to Pinot noir. In early 2001 Mt Difficulty commissioned a brand new, state of the art winery amidst estate vineyards on Felton Road. The winery was specially designed to produce hand made Pinot noir, along with separate facilities for other varieties such as a specific barrel hall for Chardonnay. This facility, along with the expertise of winemaker Matt Dicey, translates the outstanding quality of the grapes into equally outstanding wine.

http://www.mtdifficulty.co.nz/ - Mt Difficulty
http://www.mtdifficulty.co.nz/ - Mt Difficulty

An element of particular interest to is the nature of the soils. The diversity and complexity are essential elements that go toward the production of a well-balanced wine. Not least of these elements are the actual soils that the vines grow in. Mt Difficulty wines are made from grapes that have been grown on a wide variety of soils. One feature common to all vineyard soils is the high pH level, this is a situation that is tailor-made for grapes grown to sweet soils to yield the best wines.

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