Kumeu River - Chardonnay Hunting Hill Estate 2022 (750ml)
Price: $78.99
| Producer | Kumeu River |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Region | Auckland |
| Varietal | Chardonnay |
| Vintage | 2022 |
| Sku | 200891 |
| Size | 750ml |
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Vinous: 96 Points
The 2022 Chardonnay Hunting Hill is an impressive, focused style. It has a sense of energy, being almost buoyant with the movement of a skimming stone across your palate. There's a powerful core of fruit here and it has plenty of substance within its no-more-than medium-bodied core before kerpow! It fires home with an almost spicy kick. Clever oak use, reminiscent of toasted nuts, meets restrained flavors of lemon and lime bitter and nectarine fruit. A wine that's still in its cocoon so give it time. It may even have the edge of Maté's... Big call.
Wine Spectator: 95 Points
Fragrant and succulent, with notes of grilled peach, mango and orange blossoms that are generous, fleshy and very juicy. Generous details of green tea, lemon curd and lemon balm linger, as does an appealing note of crunchy sea salt minerality. Drink now through 2034. 2,800 cases made, 224 cases imported.
