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.