- delivery in late 2012

Kumeu River Estate Chardonnay, Auckland 2009
DNW02509 6bts @ £63
"The 2009 Estate Chardonnay gives intense notes of ripe apricots, guava, green mango and honey coated nuts with nuances of lightly browned toast and white blossoms. Medium bodied with a silken texture, it gives great concentration, crisp acidity and a long toasty finish. Drinking now, it should cellar to 2016." (91)
Lisa Perrotti-Brown, eRobertParker.com

Kumeu River Hunting Hill Chardonnay, Auckland 2009
DNW02809 6bts @ £81
"The 2009 Hunting Hill Chardonnay is a little youthfully mute, giving delicate lime zest, chalk dust and pink grapefruit aromas over toasted almonds, meal and buttered scones. The palate has an elegant medium body yet packs in wonderfully concentrated toast, meal and citrus flavors with racy acidity, a satiny texture and a very long finish. I love it now, though it will benefit from another 6-12 months in bottle, drinking best 2013 to 2019." (94)
Lisa Perrotti-Brown, eRobertParker.com

Kumeu River Maté's Vineyard Chardonnay, Auckland 2009
DNW02909 6bts @ £90
"The 2009 Mate’s Vineyard Chardonnay has a beautifully expressive and complex nose already, with notes of ripe apples, white peaches, butterscotch and pineapple over savory undertones of croissant, crushed nuts and yeast extract plus a whiff of struck match and wet pebbles. Medium bodied with a beautiful satiny quality to the texture, the fruit remains a bit tight though very concentrated with crisp acid to enliven and a long layered finish. Consider drinking it 2013 to 2019." (94)
Lisa Perrotti-Brown, eRobertParker.com

*Lying abroad means that you pay for the wine itself now, and the duty and shipping charges (currently £2.56 per bottle) and VAT at the time of shipment in 2011.

Subject to availability.