Central Otago Wine Region

CENTRAL OTAGO

Central Otago is New Zealand's highest and the world's most southerly wine region. “Wines with altitude” is the slogan of one winemaker. It is also New Zealand's only true continental climate with greater extremes of daily and seasonal temperatures than are found in any of the country's maritime regions. Soil structures also vary dramatically from those of other regions with heavy deposits of mica and schists in silt loams. A new, but aggressively expanding wine area, Central Otago is now New Zealand's seventh largest wine region. Pinot Noir is the dominant grape variety, a status that seems certain to be maintained if demand and accolades are any measure. Chardonnay ranks second with Sauvignon Blanc and Riesling a distant third and fourth. The wines of Central Otago have a purity, intensity and vibrancy that seems totally appropriate to anyone who has visited the region and breathed the pure mountain air.

Amisfield Dry Riesling 2007                   Valli Vineyards Bannockburn Pinot Noir 2006

Amisfield Sauvignon Blanc 2007           Valli Vineyards Gibbston Pinot Noir 2006

Amisfield Pinot Noir 2006                        Valli Vineyards Waitaki Pinot Noir 2006

Olssens Jackson Barry Pinot Noir 2006     Pisa Range Black Poplar Block Pinot Noir 2006

Carrick Pinot Noir 2006

Carrick Unravelled Pinot Noir 2006

Prophet's Rock Pinot Noir 2006