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*Wine Region*	Central Otago, New Zealand
*Wine Maker*	Matt Dicey
Mt Difficulty is a boutique winery located in Bannockburn in Central Otago, New Zealand. 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 New Zealand and Oregon in the US are the only other regions where Pinot Noir seems to flourish. With the founding vineyards established in 1992, Mt Difficulty owns some of the oldest vineyards and is one of the most respected wineries in the Central Otago region of New Zealand's rugged South Island. 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 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 Wines 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 Valley. To ensure the full potential of the region is realised, Mt Difficulty wines have a policy of very low cropping levels in the vineyards, all of which are owned and managed by the shareholders of Mt Difficulty. Most of our vines were planted in the early 1990’s. This is relatively early for Central Otago and is extremely valuable in adding extra complexity and concentration to the Pinot Noirs In early 2001 a brand new, state of the art winery was built amidst our 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.
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