Mt Difficulty ‘Ghost Town’ Syrah 2024 750ml

Mt Difficulty Ghost Town Syrah 2023 is handcrafted in very limited quantities from Mt Difficulty's Bendigo vineyard in Central Otago. One of the few Syrahs you'll find from a region so famous for Pinot Noir.

A deep, opaque crimson Syrah with lavender, crushed schist and graphite over black and blue berry fruit on the nose. The palate bursts with jubey red and black pastilles, fine milk chocolate though the mid palate tempered with a layer of dried herbs - thyme and rosemary - from the whole bunch component. The finish is dense and structured, with firm but fine grained tannin, and a pleasant alpine amaro note to close.

We expect this wine to evolve with careful cellaring for another 10-15 years.

Mt Difficulty Single Vineyard wines are a celebration of time and place. Located in Bendigo on Chinaman’s Terrace, once home to over 2000 Chinese miners during the 1860s and 70s, Ghost Town vineyard comprises of 13ha planted in mature Pinot Noir, Pinot Gris and Syrah. Planted in 2001, Ghost Town is at a high elevation rising from 340m to 382m. It potentially 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. Ghost Town’s unique personality, together with minimal winemaking intervention, has resulted in a Syrah that displays a fine texture and suppleness.