Kumeu River Chardonnay Hunting Hill 2016
White
Kumeu, New Zealand
7.1
WineSaint
Chalky minerality and white peach define this precise expression from Hunting Hill vineyard. The texture shows restraint, though botrytis influence rounds the edges where sharper definition might serve better. Clean citrus backbone carries through, but the finish softens when it should cut. Drinking well now without the electric energy of Kumeu's finest years.
white peachcitruschalky mineralitysubtle spice
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.