Winery Mt DifficultyLong Gully Chenin Blanc
White wine
This wine generally goes well with fruity desserts, lean fish or shellfish.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Long Gully Chenin Blanc of Winery Mt Difficulty in the region of South Island often reveals types of flavors of earth, microbio or oak and sometimes also flavors of tree fruit, citrus fruit or tropical fruit.
Food and wine pairings with Long Gully Chenin Blanc
Pairings that work perfectly with Long Gully Chenin Blanc
Original food and wine pairings with Long Gully Chenin Blanc
The Long Gully Chenin Blanc of Winery Mt Difficulty matches generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, lean fish or fruity desserts such as recipes of mussels with chicken, cod crumble with coconut milk or the coughing cat's apple crumble.
Details and technical informations about Winery Mt Difficulty's Long Gully Chenin Blanc.
Discover the grape variety: Chenin blanc
It most certainly originates from the Anjou region and is registered in the official catalogue of wine grape varieties on the A1 list. It can also be found in South Africa, Australia, Argentina, Chile, the United States (California), New Zealand, etc. It is said to be a descendant of Savagnin and to have sauvignonasse as its second parent (Jean-Michel Boursiquot 2019). On the other hand, Chenin blanc is the half-brother of verdelho and sauvignon blanc and is the father of colombard.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Long Gully Chenin Blanc from Winery Mt Difficulty are 2017, 2016, 2019, 2018 and 0.
Informations about the Winery Mt Difficulty
The Winery Mt Difficulty is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 43 wines for sale in the of Central Otago to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Central Otago
The wine region of Central Otago is located in the region of South Island of New Zealand. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Amisfield or the Domaine Felton Road produce mainly wines red and white. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Central Otago are Pinot noir et Pinot gris, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Central Otago often reveals types of flavors of cherry, perfume or pomegranate and sometimes also flavors of savory, sage or cedar.
The wine region of South Island
Central Otago, near the bottom of New Zealand's South Island, vies for the title of world's most southerly wine region. Vineyards cling to the sides of mountains and high above river gorges in this dramatic landscape. Pinot Noir has proven itself in this challenging Terroir, and takes up nearly three-quarters of the region's vineyard area. The typical Central Otago Pinot Noir is intense and deeply colored, with flavors of doris plum, Sweet spice and bramble.
The word of the wine: Burgundy melon
A white grape variety from Burgundy that is not widely used in its native region, but has spread to the Nantes region. It is the exclusive variety of Muscadet. It gives a dry pale yellow wine, supple and lively, with an intense bouquet, to which maturing on lees gives fatness and aromatic complexity.
