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Kumeu River Rays Road Chardonnay

Kumeu River Rays Road Chardonnay

The Burgundy-style white wine that beats French wines in a blind tasting
Kumeu River Rays Road Chardonnay
75 cl.
2024
94 Parker
95 Suckling
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Details
13.50%
Alcohol 13.50%
Hawke's Bay
Production area Hawke's Bay
Hawke's Bay
Designation of Origin Hawke's Bay
Kumeu River
Winery Kumeu River
Other sparkling wines, Wine
Contains sulphites
100% Chardonnay
Varieties 100% Chardonnay
16.0
Service 16.0
75 cl.
Volume 75 cl.

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Tasting notes Kumeu River Rays Road Chardonnay 2024

White wine Aged in wood Respectful agriculture. 12 months in French oak barrels.

Style Kumeu River Rays Road Chardonnay
Young
Barrel
Light
Body
Less aromatic
Very aromatic
Pairing
White meats, Cured cheeses, White fish

About Kumeu River Rays Road Chardonnay

Kumeu River Wines is a New Zealand winery, located in Auckland, and is one of the most recognised wine businesses in the country.

Its story began in 1937 when married couple Mick and Katé Brajkovich arrived from Živogošće (a municipality in southern Dalmatia, in Croatia) to this city, considered one of the most important parts of the North Island. With some experience in vineyard cultivation and winemaking, the couple thrived in this new venture. Today this company is one of the most internationally recognised, thanks to the Chardonnay it produces in the purest Burgundy style. The best example of this is a bottle of Kumeu River Rays Road Chardonnay, a barrel-fermented, malolactic white wine that is aged for 12 months.

This type of winemaking began in the 1980s, when Michael, Paul and Milan (the grandsons of the Brajkovich couple) took over the business, swapping the traditional Dally Plonks (the name given to the wines produced by Croatian settlers, and which were undervalued) for single-variety wines (much more unfamiliar and unusual until then). Risks like these have taken this winery to the top, even having to find new territories beyond the land they have in the north of the island. This initiative and eagerness to grow has led them to special places like Mate’s Vineyard, Hunting Hill & Coddington and their latest: Rays Road in Hawke’s Bay.

This is where, in this last enclave, on clay and limestone soils, the Kumeu River Rays Road Chardonnay grapes are grown. This new site, acquired by the family in 2017, lies at 180 metres altitude facing north. Here the vines are dry cultivated, in order to obtain the highest quality grapes. Limestone soils retain water well. Following a manual harvest, the clusters are taken to the winery, where they are pressed whole. Once the must is obtained, Kumeu River Rays Road Chardonnay is racked into used French oak barrels, where it undergoes alcoholic fermentation (with native yeasts) and malolactic fermentation, complemented by a year of aging on the lees in the same containers.

In 2014, during a blind tasting organised by Stephen Browett (the winery’s London distributor), Kumeu River’s Chardonnay made history by placing ahead of the best white Burgundies and triumphing over wines from some of the best French producers. A must-try wine for Chardonnay lovers

2022

Kumeu River Rays Road Chardonnay 2022 is a creamy, very exciting, high quality white. In this vintage the winery used very clean and ripe grapes that have been transformed into aromas of white flowers and citrus (lemon). The palate is very rich, with a very pleasant texture and a very rich acidity. Pure vibrancy.
2020

Kumeu River Rays Road Chardonnay 2020 is a creamy white. On the nose there are white flowers and lemon. The palate is round and vibrant, with bright acidity complementing the minerality. Flavoursome and fragrant, very faithful to the site and limestone soil.
2024
95 Suckling
94 Parker
2023
94 Suckling
92 Parker
2020
95 Suckling

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  • We send it to Portugal with CTT Express to your home
  • The shipment for 12 bottles is €8.50 with CTT Express.
  • For orders over €150 shipping is free with CTT Express.