KUMEU RIVER
2015 Chardonnay Hunting Hill
| Grapes | Chardonnay |
| Colour | White |
| Origin | New Zealand, North Island |
| ABV | 13.5% |
| Vineyard | Hunting Hill |
The 2015 Hunting Hill Chardonnay has to shrug off a bit of reduction, eventually revealing a gorgeous bouquet of lemon curd, yellow flowers and lime, very focused and brimming with vigor. The palate is extremely well balanced with a perfectly pitched line of acidity. This just seems to have a natural flow from start to finish and feels very long. Superb. Tasted at the Kumeu River Chardonnay vertical in London. Drinking range: 2019 - 2036 Rating: 93 Neal Martin, www.vinous.com (Feb 2019)
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Very citrus-focused nose with overtly minerally crushed stony notes. Some sweet fermentation-derived leesy florals, too. An extremely distinctive wine in the set of single site Kumeu chardonnays. The palate continues the flinty, mineral theme, with chiselled shape and pithy grapefruit bitterness that really smacks the finish into place. Rating: 95 James Suckling, www.jamessuckling.com (Nov 2017)
Intense and smoky. Very dense and juicy. So captivating immediately. Drinking range: 2018 - 2027 Rating: 17.5/20 Jancis Robinson OBE MW - www.JancisRobinson.com (Mar 2017)
The 2015 Hunting Hill Chardonnay displays a youthful restraint, yet nonetheless delivers an exciting array of stone fruit, pink grapefruit, ginger and marzipan notes with subtle hints of orange blossoms, crushed stones and lightly buttered toast. Medium bodied and tightly woven, is has a lively backbone supportting the generous flavor layers, finishing with great length and depth. As usual - just gorgeous! Rating: 95 Lisa Perrotti-Brown, RobertParker.com (Dec 2016)
Kumeu River
From the pioneering days to the establishment of the New Zealand wine industry to today, the Brajkovich family have been internationally recognised as producing world class wine. The Brajkovich family continue to harvest their grapes at Kumeu and refine their wine making skills.
The Brajkovichs are nationally recognised as a founding family of the New Zealand wine industry, and the current generation are internationally recognised as producing world class Chardonnay.
Just as the Brajkovich family has grown, so too has the winery itself. Extensions and additions mark the milestones that have seen business adapt and expand over the years. Today, the winery produces around 250,000 bottles annually from 30 hectares of its own vineyards in Kumeu, and another 10 hectares from local growers.
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