2022 KUMEU RIVER Chardonnay Ray's Road
Hawkes Bay North Island New Zealand 12.5% White
Chardonnay.
Lemony and crisp with a stone and seashell undertone to the pretty fruit. Medium body, firm phenolics that tighten the wine on the palate. Racy and intense on the finish. Drink or hold. Screw cap.
James Suckling, www.jamessuckling.com2021 DASH FARM CHARDONNAY Joshua Cooper
Mount Alexander Victoria Australia 13.5% White
Chardonnay.
Quite pungent and racy with some obvious fruit in the middle. Clean as a whistle and (just) not too austere. Bone dry. 13.5%
Jancis Robinson OBE MW2017 CERVARO Antinori Castello della Sala
Umbria Italy 13.5% White
Chardonnay, Grechetto.
Thanks to the warm conditions of the vintage, the 2017 Cervaro della Sala takes us back to a time when this wine was denser, more extracted and packed with glycerin-rich fruit flavors like apricot and peach. Of course, t...(read more)
Monica Larner, The Wine Advocate (www.robertparker.com)2022 KUMEU RIVER Chardonnay Coddington
North Island New Zealand 13.5% White
Chardonnay. Magnums
Sliced apple, apple, sea shell and crushed stone aromas follow through to a full body yet it’s tight and structured with an impressive fruit, acidic and phenolic balance giving it focus and intensity. Drinkable but bette...(read more)
James Suckling, www.jamessuckling.com2022 KUMEU RIVER Chardonnay Hunting Hill
North Island New Zealand 13.5% White
Chardonnay. Magnums
My pick of the portfolio is the sublime Hunting Hill, which shows effortlessly classy fruit, unending beauty and superb control. It is the most forward of the bunch because of its silkiness and openness, and I doubt it w...(read more)
Matthew Jukes www.matthewjukes.com2022 KUMEU RIVER Chardonnay Mate's Vineyard
North Island New Zealand 13.5% White
Chardonnay. Magnums
Gorgeous precise aromas of apples, white peaches, some minerals, flint and stone. Subtle mangoes, too. Full-bodied but so intense and driven with a salty undertone and a driving finish. Some white pepper at the end with...(read more)
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