New Zealand's mountainous inland region and the world's southernmost commercial wine region, celebrated for Pinot Noir.
History
Central Otago was a gold-rush area in the 1860s. Modern vineyards were planted from the 1980s, and the region quickly gained a reputation for Pinot Noir.
Wines of Central Otago
Intense, fruit-driven Pinot Noir, plus Riesling, Pinot Gris and Chardonnay.
Climate
Continental, with hot dry summers and cold winters
Producers in Central Otago
- Sato Wines (22 wines)
- Charteris Wines (20 wines)
- Amisfield (18 wines)
- Quartz Reef (18 wines)
- Rockburn (17 wines)
- Felton Road (16 wines)
- Wooing Tree (16 wines)
- Punch (15 wines)
- Pyramid Valley (13 wines)
- Maude Wines (12 wines)
- Rippon (12 wines)
- Prophet's Rock (10 wines)
- Altschwager Kenneally (9 wines)
- Carrick (9 wines)
- Smith & Sheth (9 wines)
- Valli (9 wines)
- Dicey (8 wines)
- Monte Christo (8 wines)
- Mora Wines (8 wines)
- Bendigo Hills (7 wines)
- Burn Cottage (7 wines)
- Two Paddocks (7 wines)
- McArthur Ridge (6 wines)
- Nanny Goat Vineyard (6 wines)
- Terra Sancta (6 wines)
- Wild Earth Wines (6 wines)
- Chard Farm (5 wines)
- Mount Edward (5 wines)
- Mumm (5 wines)
- Neck of the Woods (5 wines)
- Peregrine Wines (5 wines)
- Domaine Thomson (4 wines)
- Mt Difficulty (4 wines)
- Te Kano Estate (4 wines)
- Lowburn Ferry (2 wines)
- Moko Hills (2 wines)
- Domaine Rewa (1 wine)
- Gibbston Valley (1 wine)
- Grasshopper Rock (1 wine)
- High Garden Vineyard (1 wine)
- Joss Bay (1 wine)
- Shaky Bridge Wines (1 wine)
- Tarras Vineyards (1 wine)