Kumeu River Estate Chardonnay 750ml

Internationally renowned white and red table wines are produced under the Kumeu River label, with grapes grown exclusively in Kumeu, and mostly from the family estate. Michael Brajkovich, New Zealand’s first M.W. is the winemaker. Only hand-harvested fruit is used and traditional vinification techniques are chosen to best enhance the natural attributes of the grapes.

Kumeu River Chardonnays’ track record in Wine Spectator magazine speaks for itself:

2010 Kumeu River Estate Chardonnay – 90 points

2009 Kumeu River Estate Chardonnay – 91 points

2008 Kumeu River Estate Chardonnay – 92 points

2007 Kumeu River Estate Chardonnay – 92 points

2006 Kumeu River Estate Chardonnay – 90 points

2004 Kumeu River Chardonnay – 92 points

2003 Kumeu River Chardonnay – 91 points

2002 Kumeu River Chardonnay – 92 points

2001 Kumeu River Chardonnay – 93 points

2000 Kumeu River Chardonnay – 93 points

1999 Kumeu River Chardonnay – 92 points

1998 Kumeu River Chardonnay – 91 points

1997 Kumeu River Chardonnay – 92 points

1996 Kumeu River Chardonnay – 92 points

1995 Kumeu River Chardonnay – 90 points

1994 Kumeu River Chardonnay – 93 points

Bob Campbell recently picked Kumeu River Chardonnay and Mate’s Chardonnay in his Top 10 New Zealand Chardonnays and in Decanter magazine wine writer, Stephen Spurrier described the limited release Mate’s Vineyard Chardonnay as “New Zealand’s finest Chardonnay.” Harvey Steiman recently wrote “…consistently outstanding, however, are the Chardonnays from Kumeu River Winery… of the 23 reviewed by Wine Spectator, mostly by me, 21 have rated 90 points or higher (‘outstanding’ by definition).”