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Kumeu River
Chardonnay, Rays Road, Hawkes Bay — 2022

JancisRobinson.com
16.5

“Buttery lemon-pastry scent. Slightly smoky. A very delicate style. The fruit has a dry character – apple, citrus, with a very pretty note of dried herbs in the very long finish.”

Florencia Gomez, April 2024
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Kumeu River
Chardonnay, Hunting Hill, Kumeu — 2022

Wine Enthusiast
95

“Lifted aromas of lemon, lime blossom, white peach and nougat lend brightness and charm to this creamy bottling from one of New Zealand’s Chardonnay leaders. There’s lovely acidity on the palate that brightens and freshens amid the toasty oak and lactic characters, driving to a citrusy finish.”

Christina Pickard, April 2024
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Kumeu River
Pinot Noir, Village — 2021

Wine Enthusiast
93

“The “village” label from this renowned Auckland-based estate is open and perfumed with aromas of plump berries, plum, dried herbs and floral soap. Tangy blue and black fruit leads on the palate. It’s quietly powerful with taut, fine tannins.”

Christina Pickard, April 2024
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Kumeu River
Chardonnay, Estate, Kumeu — 2021

Decanter
94

“The Brajkovich family's single-vineyard Chardonnays always overdeliver, but the Estate blend offers exceptional value and benchmark quality. The 2022 vintage is the current release, but seek out this 2021 – a lower-yielding year whose concentration, creamy texture and smoky lemon myrtle flavours, offset by preserved lemon acidity, set it apart. Perfect with crispy-skinned chicken – or just the roast veg.”

Tina Gellie, March 2024
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Kumeu River
Chardonnay, Coddington, Kumeu — 2022

Wine Enthusiast
95

“Its delicacy brings a certain charm. Toast, cream, rocks and seashells all weave between peach pit, melon, pineapple rind and ginger. The palate is wonderfully structured, tight and focused but with concentration, freshness and balance. Still young, it could age for many years but has an approachability now, too.”

Christina Pickard, February 2024
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Kumeu River
Chardonnay, Maté’s Vineyard, Kumeu — 2022

Wine Enthusiast
94

“This is a powerful, some - what reductive vintage of Maté’s. Aromas of nuts, gunsmoke and toast frame concentrated stone and tropical fruit. There’s lot of oomph here, but a delicacy of fruit, too. In a polished style, and still very much a baby, this is structured for the long road ahead and should age gracefully for decades to come.”

Christina Pickard, February 2024
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Kumeu River
Chardonnay, Rays Road, Hawkes Bay — 2022

Wine Enthusiast
94

“There are gentle toasty creamy influences, too. The palate shows lovely freshness and integrated oak on a slippery, round palate. It’s more about texture than flavor here, it’s a lovely drop nonetheless.”

Christina Pickard, February 2024
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Kumeu River
Chardonnay, Estate, Kumeu — 2022

Wine Enthusiast
92

“A flinty, roasted nut character edges the zingy tropical, peach and melon fruit. It follows on the palate where power is tempered by a saltwater-like acidity. The fruit concentration holds up the toasty oak.”

Christina Pickard, February 2024
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Kumeu River
Chardonnay, Village — 2022

Wine Enthusiast
93

“There’s a salivating factor that makes it very appealing to drink now. Bright melon, peach and white florals lead, with the creamier elements tucked neatly behind. There’s a lovely lift of acidity to balance the fruit, oak and lees influence on the palate. An excellent intro to this benchmark producer.”

Christina Pickard, February 2024
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Kumeu River
Chardonnay, Maté’s Vineyard, Kumeu — 2021

Wine Spectator
93

"Rich, with toasted hazelnut and spice accents of nutmeg and cardamom to the baked apple, white peach and touches of lemon meringue. Despite the robust, intense flavors, this has a sense of restraint to the crisp thread of acidity and sleek frame."

MaryAnn Worobiec, October 2023
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Kumeu River
Chardonnay, Rays Road, Hawkes Bay — 2021

Wine Spectator
92

"Delivers dried pineapple, peach and dried apricot flavors that have an appealing fleshy, juicy texture. Reveals details of orange blossoms, fennel seed and lemon zest that linger wonderfully on the sleek finish."

MaryAnn Worobiec, October 2023
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Kumeu River
Chardonnay, Estate, Kumeu — 2021

Wine Spectator
92

"This showcases a fresh core of citrus, including pomelo, tangerine and Meyer lemon, with generous citrus zest and an appealing touch of pith. Reveals sea salt, lemon verbena and white flowers that linger on the finish."

MaryAnn Worobiec, October 2023
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Kumeu River
Chardonnay, Rays Road, Hawkes Bay — 2022

jamessuckling.com
94

"Lemony and crisp with a stone and seashell undertone to the pretty fruit. Medium body, firm phenolics that tighten the wine on the palate. Racy and intense on the finish."

October 2023
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Kumeu River
Chardonnay, Hunting Hill, Kumeu — 2022

jamessuckling.com
95

"Cooked apple and lemon curd with hints of pie crust and sweet biscuit. Some kiwi undertones. Medium-bodied with creamy texture and a flavorful finish."

October 2023
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Kumeu River
Chardonnay, Estate, Kumeu — 2022

jamessuckling.com
95

"Aromas and flavors of sliced apples, lemon curd and hints of stone. Oyster shell. Lime undertones. It’s medium-bodied. Firm and fine phenolics. Tension and focus. Impressive for the vintage."

October 2023
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Kumeu River
Chardonnay, Coddington, Kumeu — 2022

jamessuckling.com
97

"Sliced apple, apple, sea shell and crushed stone aromas follow through to a full body yet it’s tight and structured with an impressive fruit, acidic and phenolic balance giving it focus and intensity."

October 2023
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Kumeu River
Chardonnay, Estate, Kumeu — 2022

Vinous
91

"The 2022 Chardonnay Estate is calm, its shoulders are down and its almost succulent in its personality as it makes it debut in your mouth. The acidity is gentle, particularly when compared with the nervosity of 2021. There's a fine textural character that could well be tannin that keeps this giving and leaves you licking your lips. Flavors of nectarine, clove and vanilla-like oak notes make for a rather festive finish (20% new oak). The nectarine-infused length persists making this one that'll slip down easily over the next 3-5 years at the very least."

Rebecca Gibb MW, October 2023
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Kumeu River
Chardonnay, Rays Road, Hawkes Bay — 2022

Vinous
91

"The 2022 Chardonnay Rays Road is restrained and reticent. It's certainly not a fruit bomb of a Hawke's Bay Chardonnay with its pithy precision, slightly salty, flinty character and buzz of nervous acid tension. Rays Road is generally less opulent than most, and the austerity seems to be a character of the site, particularly from the first few vintages. Nevertheless, full malo and 11 months on lees adds texture and padding to the mid-palate. Pear, honeysuckle and melon fruit ally with subtle spiced cedar, which nods to the older French barrels used for fermentation on the medium-long finish."

Rebecca Gibb MW, October 2023
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Kumeu River
Chardonnay, Coddington, Kumeu — 2022

Vinous
93

"The 2022 Coddington Chardonnay has breadth and depth. Its rounded and shapely curves seem to shimmy as if it was comfortably settling onto a bean bag, finding its place. Honeysuckle, pear and melon meet spiced oak. The concluding texture is well considered and cleverly done with tension. The new oak (25%) provides a corset for the wine to sit within and tightens it up, as if the wine is held by a pair of control pants."

Rebecca Gibb MW, October 2023
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Kumeu River
Chardonnay, Maté’s Vineyard, Kumeu — 2022

Vinous
95

"The 2022 Maté's Vineyard Chardonnay offers tension, power and an unrelenting sense of moving forward as if your palate has been put on a travelator. Currently it's closed and young with little aromatic generosity. There's nevertheless purity and a real sense of density. The richness is there but it's held within a brace of tension, ensuring precision and focus."

Rebecca Gibb MW, October 2023
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