Tasting Notes
One of New Zealand’s benchmark Chardonnays and a perennial overachiever. Elegant and beautifully put together, with white peach, citrus and ripe nectarine layered with subtle toast, cashew and a gentle savoury edge. There’s lovely texture and generosity through the palate, kept fresh and focused by bright acidity and a fine mineral, saline finish. Refined, complex and distinctly Burgundian in spirit. - Chris L
The Brajkovich family and Kumeu River Wines is a story that parallels the New Zealand wine industry. 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 Brajkovichs are focused on and internationally recognised as producing world class Chardonnay.
Kumeu River Wines encompasses 30 hectares of vineyards, which are predominantly clay soils overlying a sandstone base. These soil types retain sufficient water at depth, even during the summer months, to ensure the deep vine roots continue to hydrate the vine without excessive vigour. Therefore, the vineyard doesn’t require irrigation, a factor that is critical to the quality of Kumeu River’s grapes.
The vineyards are trained on a ‘Lyre’ trellis to help optimise exposure to light and increase grape maturity and quality. One of the distinguishing factors of Kumeu River’s wines is all of the grapes are harvested by hand. This allows the opportunity to remove sub-standard grapes by hand; the result is a net yield of purely high-quality grapes. - Winery Note
| Product Type | Wine White Chardonnay |
| Volume | 750ml |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Region | Auckland |
| Sub Region | Kumeu |
| Winemaking Practices | Conventional |
| Vineyard Practices | Conventional |