Kumeu River

Kumeu Village Hand Harvested Chardonnay

8.816 ratings
8.91 pro ratings
Kumeu, Auckland, North Island, New Zealand
Chardonnay
Duck, Shellfish, Goose, Mushrooms, Manchego & Parmesan, Game, Pork, Squash & Root Vegetables, Chicken, Turkey, Cheddar & Gruyere, Meaty & Oily Fish, White Fish, Shellfish, Crab & Lobster, Cream Sauces
Top Notes For
Andrew Lohse

Crisp, stony, underripe pear, citrus, and peach given a nice mid-palate weight from the presence of some barrique. Totally solid, lucid, approachable

Crisp, stony, underripe pear, citrus, and peach given a nice mid-palate weight from the presence of some barrique. Totally solid, lucid, approachable

Jan 19th, 2020
Jake Perez

Enjoyable steely Chardonnay but pretty one dimensional. I can’t detect any oak influence despite the quantity matured in barrel. The estate and single vineyard options from Kumeu are orders of magnitude better for not that much higher cost.

Enjoyable steely Chardonnay but pretty one dimensional. I can’t detect any oak influence despite the quantity matured in barrel. The estate and single vineyard options from Kumeu are orders of magnitude better for not that much higher cost.

Oct 1st, 2021
Andrew Formi

A surprise!!!!

A surprise!!!!

May 15th, 2021
Dominic O'Mahony

Melon, butter, red apple aromas with apple, crushed stone and racy acid flavours.

Melon, butter, red apple aromas with apple, crushed stone and racy acid flavours.

Aug 12th, 2020
Claire Hughes

Unoaked Chardonnay, easy drinking, crisp

Unoaked Chardonnay, easy drinking, crisp

Jun 6th, 2020
Jenks

Cliffs notes from the back label: sustainably farmed, hand harvested, whole cluster, wild yeast, extended maturation on lees. Bright and lemony, tastes like village style burgundy except it’s from the north Island of NZ. $20.

Cliffs notes from the back label: sustainably farmed, hand harvested, whole cluster, wild yeast, extended maturation on lees. Bright and lemony, tastes like village style burgundy except it’s from the north Island of NZ. $20.

Oct 12th, 2019
Keith Crump

A standard

A standard

Aug 26th, 2019
Casey Lewis

Casey had this 2 years ago

Casey had this 2 years ago

Sep 19th, 2022
Joshua Bowers

Joshua had this 4 years ago

Joshua had this 4 years ago

May 28th, 2021
Eugene Wei

Eugene had this 4 years ago

Eugene had this 4 years ago

Mar 2nd, 2021