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Kumeu River New Releases

One of our annual highlights, we are pleased to offer Kumeu River’s superb new 2023 Chardonnays, including the charming Estate Chardonnay and much-loved single vineyard wines. Head winemaker, Michael Brajkovich MW, is heavily influenced by the wines of Burgundy, with his learnings in France leaving a noticeable stamp on the Kumeu River portfolio. In blind tastings they have often been mistaken by top critics for some of the very best Burgundian whites, yet their modest prices belie their exceptional quality. Jancis Robinson MW notes that the estate has “an enviable reputation for seriously fine, age-worthy Chardonnays”, and, in his review of the 2023 vintage, Matthew Jukes praises this latest set of releases as "fascinating and beautifully refined."

2023 Kumeu River Estate Chardonnay - 6x75cl

  • White
  • 2024 - 2030
  • Kumeu River
  • 6x75cl
  • Kumeu, New Zealand
  • Available Now
Pricing
£90.00 In Bond £127.24 Duty Paid inc VAT

  • James Suckling, 16/6/24, Score: 93

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  • James Suckling, 16/6/24, Score: 93

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  • Matthew Jukes, 9/09/24, Score: 17.5/20

    Drawn from fruit from six different sites in the Kumeu region and using a high proportion of one and two-year-old oak barrels, this is the real deal, and it sings of the time-honoured Kumeu River style. Forward drinking and less fleshy than 2022, this is a superb, clean, racy wine, and it will certainly run for a good three or four years. This is a super wine that is light, airy and teasingly refreshing.

  • JS5, 5/5/24, Score: 91

    Compared to the Village chardonnay, there's a touch of extra concentration here. Barely ripe white nectarine, a little guava and red apple alongside the merest hint of flint. There is a strong spine of acid, but this provides structure for the fruit. A faint note of creamy malo adds another layer. Drink from now - 2028.

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  • EP: En Primeur. These wines are lying in the Domaines’ cellars until shipping. They can only be purchased In Bond. On arrival in the UK these wines can either be stored In Bond in Private Reserves or another bonded warehouse or delivered directly to you. When you decide to take delivery, Duty and VAT at the prevailing rate become payable.