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2019 Kumeu River, Estate Chardonnay, Kumeu, New Zealand

  • White
  • Dry
  • Medium Bodied
  • Chardonnay
Ready, but will keep
Jancis Robinson MW
16.5+./20
Product: 20198008251
2019 Kumeu River, Estate Chardonnay, Kumeu, New Zealand

Description

A contender for best value, hand-harvested Chardonnay in all of New Zealand. It competes with some Premier Cru Burgundy but at half the price.? Crafted from up to six individual vineyard sites, the nose offers up floral hints, peach blossom and a lovely note of Golden Delicious apple.? This continues on the palate: expressive and generous but never overplayed. The acidity provides a great backbone for the flavours.? A beautifully pitched entry point to the wines of Kumeu: refined and focused and yet with a certain joie de vivre. Drink 2020 - 2023 
Stuart Rae, Commercial Manager Fine Wine (July 2020) 
Colour White
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2019
Alcohol % 14
Maturity Ready, but will keep
Grape List Chardonnay
Body Medium Bodied
Producer Kumeu River

Critics reviews

Jancis Robinson MW 16.5+./20
Pale greenish straw. Some super-delicate oak on the nose (or do I just mean a hint of savoury Côte d'Or perfume?!). So pure on the nose yet with great grip on the palate and already accessible in a grapefruit sort of way. With this intensity of fruit, it will clearly evolve into something even more convincing but you could certainly enjoy it now. It has both weight and a crystalline quality. VGVjancis_robinson_mw MW, JancisRobinson.com (September 2020)
Jancis Robinson MW, JancisRobinson.com (Sep 2020)

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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