2014 Kumeu River Chardonnay Village

Community Tasting Notes (21) Avg Score: 86.8 points

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  1/1/2021 - DFBW Likes this wine: 89 Points

  Quite a pleasant surprise. This was my last bottle and I've hung onto it for a few years to see if some age improved the wine and balanced out the fruit and acidity which was previously off-kilter. And it had - well, in this bottle at least. Seemed to have more depth and a better flavour profile with a little bottle age. Very nice drop and perhaps the way forward with the entry level young KR wines?

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  8/29/2020 - cwjames Does not like this wine: 75 Points

  I left this one too long. It was just about drinkable but I didn't bother. The wine was tired and rather unpleasant.

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  3/23/2018 - empire80 Likes this wine: 88 Points

  Slightly reductive, flinty style, but avoiding excessive sulphur and gun smoke. Good value

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  11/25/2017 - Heynetty wrote: 88 Points

  Tasted Blind
  
  A: Clear, pale, lemon green
  N: Lot of primaries here. Passion fruit, pear, grapefruit, lime, medium intensity, vanilla, JTH gets additional yeast, banana and mango. Just primaries and secondaries here. Youthful
  P: Tastes same as aromas but with more smoke. Dry, high acidity, medium body, medium alcohol, medium (+) intensity and long finish.
  C: BLIC? All ticked except complexity. Its largely high acid tropical fruit with a smattering of pomacious fruit. Drink now. Very good quality wine.

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  9/9/2017 - tadams66 wrote: 89 Points

  Crisp but balanced with slight wood. Nice chablis like qualities of acidity and mineralality. Nice finish

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