Mt Difficulty ‘Ghost Town’ Pinot Noir 2023 750ml

Mt Difficulty Ghost Town Pinot Noir 2023 is handcrafted in very limited quantities from Difficulty's Bendigo Vineyard in Central Otago.

Ink dark ruby in colour with spice, graphite, tar and woodsmoke on the nose. Concentrated and powerful as blackcurrant, blood plum and violets fill the glass, followed by spice, licorice and ferrous notes through the mid-palate. Tannins are firm, definitively Bendigo in stature, with some suppleness from the supporting oak, and a dark fruit core charging to a long finish.

Mt Difficulty Ghost Town Pinot Noir will evolve with careful cellaring for 10 years.

• Pair with Steak au Poivre.

Our Ghost Town wines are an exploration of the unique character of Central Otago sub-regions beyond our home in Bannockburn. Central Otago is dotted with the deserted relics of a mining era bygone. Located in Bendigo, once home to over 2000 Chinese miners during the 1860s and 70s, Ghost Town is planted in mature Pinot Noir. Planted in 2002, Ghost Town is at a high elevation rising from 340m to 382m. It sees slightly warmer temperatures than Bannockburn during the peak of the ripening period, although harvest can be a week or so later than our Bannockburn vineyards due to this elevation.