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Sam has made another fantastic Chardonnay in 2014. It has the freshness and intensity of his 2013 yet combines this with a touch more breadth on the palate. White peach and nectarine fruit comes through but the core is still incredibly focused and mineral. Lovely, lime acidity lifts the long, fresh and pure finish. This is truly impressive.
Catriona Felstead - Wine Buyer

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Having lived in London at the heart of the UK wine trade for many years, Sam Harrop MW moved back to New Zealand with his family a few years ago and now makes wines under his own name (for the first time), working his aunt and uncle’s vineyard, located at 400 metres’ altitude on the sub-tropical island of Waiheke.

This is impressive, pure and elegant Syrah. It has a lovely aromatic nose with classic Northern Rhône aromas, and flavours of wet granite and fresh black cherries. The palate is refined and elegant with a refreshing herbaceous twist. There is a glorious breadth on the palate but the wine is wonderfully refreshing with a real lift on the finish. We cannot recommend enough that you give this a try.

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Hunting Hill always has a lovely weight and structure to it and the 2014 is no exception. The orange blossom laden nose also has lovely mealy notes that remind me of top Chassagne Montrachet. The palate is beautifully textured with a steely core combining with lemon posset before savoury, mealy notes reveal themselves again. A class act with a real future ahead of it, I wouldn’t be surprised at all if this continues to develop and improve over 8 years. Drink 2016-2024
Matthew Tipping, Private Account Manager

Established in 1944, Kumeu River Wines is still owned and operated by the Brajkovich Family.  Michael Brajkovich is producing some of the best New Zealand Chardonnays currently available, wines that get their inspiration from white Burgundy and in particular the likes of Puligny Montrachet & Chassagne Montrachet, especially in terms of reserve and minerality. 

There is a rather tired tendency amongst the trade to compare New world with Old world wines but genuinely the Kumeu wines are comparable.  This comparison in no way takes away any of the new Zealand-ness of these wines, it is just meant to emphasise the extreme quality one can find here at a fraction of the price one would spend for the same quality in the Northern hemisphere.

These terroir driven wines compete with the best the New World has to offer like Giaconda, Penfold’s Yattarna but with a price attractive to many. The current vintage of 2014 is once again an exemplary vintage in a string of superb offerings from this estate.  For any white wine lover, these Chardonnays are a must have.

Beautiful bright ruby in colour. Expressive red fruit on the nose but that is not what this wine is about. Lovely spice and much more reserved in character than most NZ Pinot. Very cool fruit on the palate. Rich and round as it should be but with the poise and composure of a great Burgundy. Seductive and savoury. One of the great New World Pinot Noirs. Buy this, drink it or hold it… sensational!
Gareth Birchley, Fine Wine Buyer.