Kumeu River, Estate Chardonnay 2025
Kumeu River, Estate Chardonnay 2025 is a dry, medium-bodied white from Chardonnay (Kumeu, New Zealand), in the rich, round whites style. Acidity is fresh; oak influence is some. Good with roast chicken, salmon, creamy pasta, lobster. Cheapest offer £95.00 at Honest Grapes.
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" I can't think of a Chardonnay producer anywhere that could match that line-up, Burgundy included " Tim Atkin MW Kumeu River's Estate Chardonnay is the entry point into one of the most consistently brilliant Chardonnay programmes in the southern hemisphere — and it punches well above its station. Made by Michael Brajkovich MW and his family at their winery just west of Auckland, it draws on the cooler, clay-heavy soils of the Kumeu district to produce a wine that is taut, mineral-driven, and genuinely Burgundian in its bearing without ever trying too hard to be.