2012 Kumeu River Chardonnay Village

Community Tasting Notes (24) Avg Score: 88 points

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  11/25/2020 - Lordswood wrote: 89 Points

  Crisp, fresh and delicious. Definitely good for a little longer and the bottle age has made it hugely more enjoyable at the moment than the 2018.

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  2/16/2020 - Lordswood wrote: 88 Points

  I love this wine and it is a go-to when I want something refreshing, bright and charming. It is not incredibly subtle, but all the better for it. Great value for money and should please anyone with a brain, and lots of people without as well!

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  9/15/2019 - Lordswood wrote: 87 Points

  Bright, fruity, oaky - what a lively and fun combination. The bottle age just gives it a little more than a younger vintage. Delicious for now and a couple more years

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  6/9/2017 - JVG wrote:

  Medium lemon-gold color. Intriguing on the nose, with some tropical fruit aromas of pineapple and tangerine, but dominated by piquant floral notes of gardenia and lily, and a slightly reductive smoky/flinty character. Hard to tell if this was oaked or not from the nose because the floral aspects are so strong. As it breathes in the glass, the fruit starts to keep up with the flowers, with a distinct guava aroma coming to the forefront. On the palate, it's immediately clear that this is serious, well-made wine. High flavor intensity, medium bodied, ripe, warm weather tropical fruit profile, exotic floral and spice notes, and here the oak becomes obvious, from both the rich texture and vanilla and cream notes. Moderate acid, maybe just a bit less than I'd like to stand up to the wine's richness. Also maybe a touch too much oak for me on the finish, which is long and continues to deliver the guava flavor but with a tad too much vanilla creme on top.
  
  This is very high quality wine, drinking very well at its age and with the potential to keep developing for some time. Stylistically it's a bit outside of my preferences, but I enjoy it nonetheless.

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  11/7/2016 - pdadams66 Likes this wine: 88 Points

  Drinks very well. Good fruit, good backbone, not oaky.

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