Kumeu River Chardonnay Rays Road 2020

White
Kumeu, New Zealand
6.7
WineSaint

Honeyed stone fruit and waxy richness define this textural Hawke's Bay debut. The palate spreads generously across the mouth with creamy weight, though it misses the crystalline focus that defines Kumeu's estate wines. Shows solid potential from these limestone sites.

honeyed stone fruitbeeswaxlimestone mineralitycreamy texture
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.