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2022 KUMEU RIVER 'ESTATE' Chardonnay, Lea & Sandeman

KUMEU RIVER 'ESTATE'

2022 Chardonnay

Grapes Chardonnay
Colour White
Origin New Zealand, North Island
ABV 13%

Aromas and flavors of sliced apples, lemon curd and hints of stone. Oyster shell. Lime undertones. It’s medium-bodied. Firm and fine phenolics. Tension and focus. Impressive for the vintage. Drink now or hold. Screw cap. Rating: 95 James Suckling, www.jamessuckling.com (Oct 2023)


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This is Kumeu River's calling card. Made from a selection of six different sites of which they own four. Whole-bunch pressed and barrel-fermented (20% new). Vines planted from 1989 to 2005. 9,000 cases made. Some real richness on the nose. Then a green streak. Very fine texture! With Puligny savour and lift. Creamy yet fresh. Bullseye for the style. Good light grip on the end. Convincing. GV Drinking range: 2023 - 2028 Rating: 16.5+ Jancis Robinson OBE MW - www.JancisRobinson.com (Sept 2023)

Kumeu River Chardonnay is drawn from six different vineyard sites in the Kumeu Region. We are particularly careful inselecting only the very best grapes from these vineyards for our Kumeu River Estate label. The excellent 2022 vintage came on the heels of three others, in a magnificent chain of four superb quality harvests.

VINIFICATION Hand harvested Whole-bunch pressed Indigenous yeast fermentation 100% barrel fermentation 100% malo-lactic fermentation 11 months maturation in barrel

Kumeu's Tasting Notes

Estate Chardonnay 2022 blend is particularly ripe, peachy and not only delicious to drink, but also has the concentration and lingering complexity that we expect from this wine. This is quality Chardonnay wine of style and pedigree that we know has the capability of aging as well as any of its predecessors.
Winemaker's notes (Sept 2023)

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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