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2018 Kumeu River, Rays Road Chardonnay, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand

  • White
  • Dry
  • Full Bodied
  • Chardonnay
Ready, but will improve
Product: 20188042031
2018 Kumeu River, Rays Road Chardonnay, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand

Description

This wine is super delicate on the nose, with lots of minerality on the palate. Lime, fresh flowers and some slightly more exotic grapefruit character show off the vineyard’s limestone soils. Just under a year in old French oak is manifested in a subtle salted nut character and slight creaminess. It’ll be interesting to see how the wine develops over the next four to six years, but it is delicious even in in its youth. Drink now to 2028.
Paul Keating, Private Account Manager (September 2019)
Colour White
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2018
Alcohol % 13
Maturity Ready, but will improve
Grape List Chardonnay
Body Full Bodied
Producer Kumeu River

About this wine

Chardonnay

Chardonnay is often seen as the king of white wine grapes and one of the most widely planted in the world It is suited to a wide variety of soils, though it excels in soils with a high limestone content as found in Champagne, Chablis, and the Côte D`Or. Burgundy is Chardonnay's spiritual home and the best White Burgundies are dry, rich, honeyed wines with marvellous poise, elegance and balance. They are unquestionably the finest dry white wines in the world. Chardonnay plays a crucial role in the Champagne blend, providing structure and finesse, and is the sole grape in Blanc de Blancs.
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Kumeu River

Maté Brajkovich, a Dalmation by birth, arrived in New Zealand in 1938. In 1944 he and his parents purchased a property with a small vineyard and Kumeu River wines was born. However it was not until Michael, Mate's son, took over in 1982 that the true potential of the vineyards began to be fully realised.
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