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Mt Difficulty Ghost Town Lowburn Valley Chardonnay 2020

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Mt Difficulty Ghost Town Lowburn Valley Chardonnay 2020French oak White peach Brioche & vanilla Bright & vibrant "Bright, even, pale yellow. The nose is full and rich, with aromas of struck match, roasted nut, spice, underlying citrus and stonefruit. Full bodied, aromas of grapefruit, Meyer lemon and peach have a concentrated core, unfolding minerals, hazelnut, struck match, grapefruit peel and spice. The mouthfeel is creamy with a mineral texture, growing layers of fruit, zest, spice and nutty

  • French oak
  • White peach
  • Brioche & vanilla
  • Bright & vibrant

"Bright, even, pale yellow. The nose is full and rich, with aromas of struck-match, roasted nut, spice, underlying citrus and stonefruit. Full-bodied, aromas of grapefruit, Meyer lemon and peach have a concentrated core, unfolding minerals, hazelnut, struck-match, grapefruit peel and spice. The mouthfeel is creamy with a mineral texture, growing layers of fruit, zest, spice and nutty integration. A focused acid tension drives a long, zesty finish. This cool-climate Chardonnay shows a concentration of fruit with attractive and powerful oak integration and a long finish" Candice Chow, Raymond Chan Reviews, May 2023

"Attractively fragrant chardonnay with white peach, cashew nut, oyster shell and a subtle seasoning of spicy oak. Bright, vibrant wine with appealing purity and a backbone of taut acidity" Bob Campbell, Master of Wine, Real Review, Apr 2023

"There’s no mistaking the bold creamy peach, cashew nut-butter and vanilla scents, a developing bouquet offering aromas of ripe yellow stone fruits, vanilla-cream and smoky wood adds complexity. On the palate a full-bodied wine with a core of fruit and oak, some tannins and decent acid line offer texture and contrast to the fruit. The smoky wood attributes and developing mouthfeel along with a touch of clay soils echoed showcase a wine that is ready for food or a large wine glass with best drinking from 2023 through 2027" Cameron Douglas, Master Sommelier, Apr 2023

An expressive cool climate chardonnay with richness, weight and texture. A ripe, concentrated nose of yellow peach, nectarine and a touch of clotted cream richness leads to a palate of stone fruit and brioche. Fine French oak frames the wine with great finesse and elegance with a mineral acidity and a long finish. We expect this wine to evolve with careful cellaring for another 8-10 years.

Our Ghost Town wines are an exploration of the unique character of Central Otago sub-regions beyond our home in Bannockburn. Central Otago is dotted with the deserted relics of a mining era bygone. This wine is a blend of grapes from Packspur Vineyard and McFelin Ridge Vineyard, both situated in Lowburn Valley on the northern side of Cromwell at a higher elevation on a steep block with a mix of clay and deep silt loam soils. These wines are a nod to those miners who came following fortune and left behind and left behind remnants rich for winemaking. Made in limited quantities and with minimal intervention, Ghost Town Chardonnay expresses the personality our Lowburn Valley vineyards.

The 2022 season swung the pendulum again for Central Otago. This season was characterised by a very warm summer, punctuated by vital rain events, culminating in a bumper crop that was harvested 1-2 weeks ahead of long term average. The benign, warm flowering conditions in December resulted in excellent fruit set and healthy canopies that galloped through a dry January. They were replenished by rain in February before harvest began in mid-March and was wrapped up by mid-April.

The fruit for our Ghost Town Chardonnay was hand-picked and handled in an oxidative fashion, destemmed and pressed straight to barrel. We fermented 100% of the juice in barrel with full solids using indigenous yeasts. 14% new French oak was used for the wine’s maturation, whilst maturing no lees stirring was utilised. The wine went through a full malolactic fermentation in spring, after which the barrels were stirred for a period. The wine was racked from barrel and filtered before being racked to tank to settle prior to being bottled, unfined, in November.

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I ABSOLUTELY LOVE Jillian West and her books!!! I’m so happy I already bought book two and now I have to buy the others for the Assurance Security series!! Not gonna lie Val kind of annoyed me at the beginning but she grew on me!! Her men are chef’s kisses!!! Holt annoys me some but I can let it slide. I already bought part two so I’m going to be reading that in between work phone calls!!!! DON’T TELL MY BOSS 😂😂😂😂
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Baby bumps and bodyguards
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Dark, emotional, and unexpectedly tender, Not Ready is an omegaverse romance that delivers found family feels, fierce protectiveness, and a very pregnant heroine who refuses to break. Vale’s on the run from a stalker, but lands in the arms of three private security alphas, cue the swoony tension, fake marriage twist, and slow-burn heat. It’s a little gritty, a little soft, and a whole lot addictive. If you love protective alphas, high stakes, and heroines with quiet strength, this one’s a must-read.
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Strong Omegaverse Comfort and a Attention Grabbing Plot
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Jillian West never misses when it comes to Omegaverse, and Not Ready is no exception. This story was the perfect blend of cozy comfort and emotional depth while still delivering a strong plot. Vale is such a powerful heroine, she is strong, capable, and determined but I love that she still allows her pack to love and take care of her. It’s that balance of independence and vulnerability that makes her so relatable. The relationship dynamics were amazing: Bishop is steadfast and completely head over heels, Mercy is skeptical but protective in his own way, and Holt is the hesitant one whose slow fall is so satisfying to watch unfold. The romance hits that sweet spot between insta-love and cautious build, keeping me hooked the entire way through. And that ending. Oh my god, the cliffhanger! I need the next book in this duet immediately.
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So I will say I enjoyed the story, for sure had its moments where it dragged but it was a great story. I really liked that omegas picked their alphas/make the pack. Normally the Alphas make it and the omega fits in with them which is great but I enjoyed this new version where all the power basically went to the omega. It was a nice change of pace. I can admit some of the weird bedroom stuff with her being pregnant was odd, it’s really not hard to do stuff when pregnant (I know I’ve had two and it’s normal and even encouraged at the end especially if you want the baby out). But I like the story as a whole and will read the second, I do hope the next one isn’t dragged bc it stopped being action or tense after she met her alphas and I don’t think it was brought up or properly done when they tried to do it. More sweet after she left.
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I usually like Jillian West’s books but this one was missing a lot for me. The pregnancy didn’t come across as real. She’s on her feet for 12 hour days but is perfectly healthy at 8 months pregnant? Yet the week she moves in all of a sudden she’s not? She is planning on actually running during one of the plot buildups. But at 8 months pregnant that’s incredibly hard to do. The lack of breathing ability and lung space, the change in body center, mass, and gravity. All of it prohibits running, unless you’re an athlete this didn’t come off as at all realistic. I didn’t feel any connection with the alphas. There wasn’t any emotional connection. It could be because of the tense it was written in. But I didn’t get any deep feelings out of this. It came across as checking off boxes. Even the spicy scenes weren’t really believable for me. I wanted to see them fall for her, and it just kind of all fizzled. Even Bishop. One thing I did really like was the ending. I did not see it coming and I’m interested in reading book two because of it. But on the whole this book was mostly disappointing for me.
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