Chardonnay
150cl * 13.5% ABV * Auckland, New Zealand
Kumeu River Estate Chardonnay is drawn from six different vineyard sites in the Kumeu Region. We are particularly careful in selecting only the very best grapes from these vineyards for our Estate label.
The 2025 vintage was excellent with warm dry conditions throughout the growing season. The Chardonnay it produced is rich and concentrated and up there with the best Estate Chardonnay seen in the past ten years. Beautifully fragrant and toasty on the nose the palate is rich and peachy with the hallmark refreshing acidity expected in the Estate Chardonnay. Layered and complex this wine is quite delicious now but will no doubt benefit from bottle age as have its predecessors.
Drink now to 2032.
"Looks quite substantial, even dense! Leaner on the nose than the Hawke’s Bay wines. Lots to chew on. The most ambitious Estate bottling yet. This would not look out of place at all in Puligny! Chalky texture on the finish.." 17+pts, Jancis Robinson, September 2026