Tasting Notes
A step up in intensity and complexity, Hunting Hill is one of Kumeu River’s great single-vineyard Chardonnays. Piercing lemon and lime, white peach and citrus blossom lead into flint, toasted hazelnut and a distinctive savoury, mealy character. The palate is powerful yet beautifully controlled, with layers of ripe fruit and fine French oak wrapped around bright acidity and a persistent mineral line. Rich, precise and wonderfully long, with the structure and concentration to develop beautifully in bottle. - 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 |