Lovely scent of white flower, acacia, touch of nougatine, pear, beeswax – complex, detailed and harmonious. The palate is fresh and yet with a rounded, mealy quality, crisp green apple, fig notes and peach. Very good pithy grip on the back palate. This is a seriously good Chardonnay with great complexity and linear quality. The flagship single vineyard Chardonnay and it shows in its concentration. A beautifully linear finish, akin to a grand cru Chablis. Great development potential. 2017 – 2022. Stuart Rae, 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.
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Stuart Rae, 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.