2006 Kumeu River Hunting Hill Vineyard Chardonnay, Auckland (Stelvin)

The Brajkovich family continue to evolve their range of wines, introducing two single-vineyard Chardonnays. The Hunting Hill vineyard is set high up above Mates, on a cool breezy site giving a finely-tuned, restrained, Chablis-like style of wine that needs 2-3 yrs ageng before drinking and will continue to evolve over the next 5-8 yrs. As with their other wines, the fruit is hand-harvest, whole-bunch pressed, fermented using wild yeast (giving more minerality) and matured for 11 months in french barriques. Great with plaice. (David Berry Green, BBR Buyer)