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Kumeu River Hunting Hill Chardonnay 2024
Standard - 75cl
ETA: 6-8 weeks
- Vintage2024
- ColourWhite
- ProducerKumeu River
- CountryNew Zealand
- RegionAuckland
- Sub RegionKumeu
- Bottle SizeStandard - 75cl
- ABV13.5
- LWIN11299352024
- Avg. Critic Score4.5★★★★★★★★★★
Wine Critic Reviews
First planted in 1982 (and replanted in 2001), this is a super-important wine in the portfolio and is always one of my preferred wines. This is, once again, the case in 2024, with a balletic, refined, delicate, and yet exceptionally long flavour that never seems too skinny or attenuated. I wrote my notes extremely fast here and dashed down ‘Spectacular’, ‘Tremendous’, and ‘Terrific’, without managing to add any more detail apart from a mighty score!
- Reviewer Name: Matthew Jukes
The aromas of apple pie, citrus, cream, and crushed stones are compelling. Full-bodied with a focused and phenolic center palate that gives form and energy to this young chardonnay. Flavorful but tense in the finish. Drink or hold. Screw cap.
Fresh but elusive aromas of nougat, nuts and vanilla, the palate very intense, concentrated fruit and beautifully harmonised oak and artifact characters. A classy and complex chardonnay nose. Precise and focused with good tension and linearity, the finish extending very long and harmoniously. Superb wine.
- Reviewer Name: Huon Hooke
5-Star Wine. Super concentrated. Stylistically different to the Coddington, as less flesh and upfront charm and but instead plenty of sleek, lithe flinty reduction. Lemon blossom and apple sorbet. Great degree of ripeness and poise. A creamy, silken texture. Drink from 2030-2037.
- Reviewer Name: Jane Skilton MW
The 2024 Hunting Hill Chardonnay is the ripest in alcohol of the 2024 releases, and it feels powerfully layered and driven on the palate. This is rich, almost thunderous in its positioning, with salted citrus and exotic spices (star anise/fennel/scraped vanilla pod). The oak here is polished and elegant, smoothing down any stray, loose hairs. The barrels have been air dried for three years and lightly toasted. The finish is tight and focused. This was tasted as a tank sample prior to filtration and bottling.
- Drinking Window: 2025 - 2039
- Reviewer Name: Erin Larkin