{Terra Ignota} Great Estate Chardonnay from Mt. Difficulty - 50% Off!
Wednesday, June 20, 2012 at 12:00PM | Ryan Woodhouse 
Yep New Zealand makes killer Chardonnay too! We've just secured an unbelievable 1/2 price deal ($9.99!) on some 2008 Mt. Difficulty Estate Chardonnay from this legendary Central Otago prodigy. Sourced entirely from their selection of estate vineyards in the Bannockburn sub-region of Central Otago. The grapes are grown in very sparse soils made up of Bannockburn and Molyneux gravels with veins of clay.
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The growing season in 2008 was consistent and warm leading to perfect ripeness. The juice was pressed off and 100% barrel fermented with 75% going through malo. A very precise lees stirring regiment was utilized to give this wine its rich and textural mid palate. This wine checks so many boxes, it's balanced and bright enough for some, yet toasty and rich enough for others! If you’ve never had any Mt. Difficulty wines before this is a perfect and very economical introduction to one of the top producers in the region.
Templars Hill VineyardI visited the winery last year and got to check out a few of their vineyards also. They have some truly unique terroir and the wines reflect this. This wine is really quite ridiculous at $9.99! I don’t think there is another Chard in the store that can touch it for that price. There’s only 25 cases left so get it while you can!
Cheers!
-Ryan
Ryan Woodhouse
NZ & Aussie Wine Specialist
K&L Wine Merchants - Redwood City
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Terra Ignota is Latin for "Unknown Land". It was the name for the South Pacific region during intial mapping and exploration of Australia and New Zealand. As we are going to be exploring new and exciting wines from this region, we think this is a fitting title for our blog series on wines from this part of the world. Stay tuned for more!
