Kumeu River Chardonnay Maté's Vineyard 2023
White
Kumeu, New Zealand
7.8
WineSaint
Creamy texture meets precise minerality in this surprisingly concentrated effort. White peach, wet stone and citrus zest build layers despite the modest 12.5% alcohol. The challenging vintage seems to have heightened rather than diminished the wine's natural tension and focus.
white peachwet stonecitrus zestmineral
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.