2021 Kumeu River
Chardonnay Mate's Vineyard
99 JS / 97 VM
"Intensity that blows your mind"
#2 James Suckling's Top 100 New Zealand Wines of 2022
#13 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of 2022
$67.89/bottle (In Stock) - Buy Now
"Established in 1944, Kumeu River Wines is still owned and operated by the Brajkovich Family. Our winemaking philosophy is simple: we endeavour to grow grapes of the highest standard and then treat them with respect in the winery. In this way the potential quality is maximised and we are able to produce wines that are truly representative of our land."
Auckland is one of New Zealand's oldest wine regions, established in the early 1900s by passionate Croatian, Lebanese and English winemakers. - NZWine .com
2021 Kumeu River Chardonnay Mate’s Vineyard (750ML) $67.89 (In Stock) - Buy Now
99 JS / 97 VM
Lots of minerality with crushed stone, chalk, white grapefruit, peach stones, white apricots, wild herbs and lavender. Touch of cedar. Evolves to nutmeg and crushed almonds. Wow. It really builds on the palate, leading to a crescendo and intensity that blows your mind. Compact and phenolic, yet so agile and refined. Goes on for minutes. Drink or hold. Screw cap. - James Suckling
The 2021 Chardonnay Maté's Vineyard offers greater tension and sapidity compared with how the more relaxed 2020 did upon release. It w need time in bottle to shoke off the rawness of youth. It is focused, concentrated and precise. There's sophisticated use of ook, which intearates seamlessly within the package. I got a cold the day after this was first opened, and almost a week later, when my senses returned, it remained impeccable, focused and compact. - Rebecca Gibb MW, Vinous Media
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