Kumeu River Chardonnay Hunting Hill 2013

White
Kumeu, New Zealand
7.8
WineSaint

Oyster shell and lime zest drive this tightly wound expression from Hunting Hill. The palate shows impressive concentration, with white peach and wet stone threading through a mineral-driven core. Needs another year or two to reach its stride.

oyster shelllime zestwhite peachwet stone
Label

Kumeu River

Kumeu River is New Zealand's benchmark Chardonnay house, farming multiple named single-vineyard sites in the Auckland-adjacent Kumeu region and making wines that regularly draw comparison with good Burgundy.