2010 Kumeu River Chardonnay Maté's Vineyard

Community Tasting Notes (50) Avg Score: 91.7 points

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  1/16/2023 - Roughl Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Perfectly balanced, at the end of prime drinking to my taste. Still has fruits, honey apricot, some pineapple.

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  12/28/2022 - rwpalmer wrote:

  Initially enjoyed but 2 months under screwcap carovin seem to have left this tasting and smelling rather clumsy.

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  6/16/2022 - rcg62 Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Light gold color. Looks youthful. First whiff after pour brought a ton of matchstick, but as it began to blow off, revealed honeysuckle and citrus notes. This wine shows no sign of age, and remains fresh, with nice juicy acidity. (Screw caps?) Some of those sulphur notes lingered a bit, but the wine improved with time in the glass. Might be worth a decant. Impressive showing for a twelve year old wine. No signs of wear.

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  3/10/2022 - cweiss Likes this wine:

  With R&R, J&P. Excellent, and certainly not on the downslope. Under screwcap, as they all are.
  Quite delicious on its own and with the structure to stand up to swordfish in the Spanish style.
  Middle road between puppy dog California and diffident cat Burgundy.
  Drink or hold.

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  1/2/2022 - phill mz wrote:

  took ages to open up. Nice drinking. Probably would have benefited decanting.

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