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AUSTRALIAN & NEW ZEALAND Wines
AUSTRALIAN & NEW ZEALAND
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KUMEU RIVER
An Excellent address for quality
Chardonnay wines.
These wines regularly
out-perform Premier and even some Grand Cru white Burgundies, that sell
at many times the price in professional blind tastings.
Try a bottle and see for yourself. |
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75cl
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Coddington Chardonnay
Kumeu River
Matthew Jukes, MatthewJukes.com, August
2021 - Coddington
is my pick of the two ‘Premiers Crus’ not least because it is seamless,
refined and already completely integrated. This is a sensual wine
with wonderful texture and refinement. Sometimes Coddington looks a
little light and feeble, by comparison to HH and Maté’s but in 2020 it
is a shimmering beauty. In value terms, you are still only matching up
to a low-level Saint-Aubin, so this wine, again, aces it against
Burgundian competition. |
2020 |
£32.00 |
MJ18/20
2022-35 |
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28
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75cl
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Hunting Hill Chardonnay
Kumeu River
Jancis Robinson MW,
jancisrobinson.com - Pale
straw. Strong lemon aroma with light smokiness and real lift. Lovely
balance and great youth and extremely long. Raciness. This is just a
treasure that deserves to be cellared awhile to take full advantage of
its potential for complex development. It has the same steeliness
but more obvious fruit than in typical fine Australian Chardonnays. |
2021 |
£42.00 |
JR17.5+/20
2024-36 |
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11
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75cl
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Mate's Vineyard Chardonnay
Kumeu River
Jancis Robinson MW,
jancisrobinson.com - Savoury nose suggests a firm backbone. Really
concentrated and richer than the Hunting Hill. Long and very youthful.
For the moment, it’s a coiled spring with lots to chew on on the finish.
Ideally it should be drunk at 9–10 years old but I suspect most of it
is hoovered up long before that. |
2021 |
£49.00 |
JR17.5/20
2028-38 |
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Page Last Updated 24.10.2023
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