2006 Kumeu River Chardonnay Hunting Hill

Chardonnay

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December 25, 2017 - No notes at the time, but my faith in this producer was confirmed. This had a really goo old-world profile to it that, combined with the increasing price of White Burgundy, makes me want to lay down a few more recent vintages.

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Callum's Corkers commented:

2/19/18, 9:44 AM - Hi,
I went to Lay and Wheeler online, bought some aged KR Hunting Hill single-site Chardonnay 2009. Not cheap but class costs, don't it? I think that vineyard is even better than Mate's and Coddington. I ignored the upper end of KR wines when I lived in NZ because they were so expensive but my first Hunting Hill was a 2007 at the annual NZ Trade Tasting in 2012 - in those days still at Lord's, I think, not yet moved onto Horticultural Hall - and Wow, what a wine. Amazingly, it was on the free-pour table, but didn't last long, you won't be surprised to hear. Was best NZ chardy I'd had to that date. I've had Te Mata Elston, and I've had Villa Maria Reserve Kelton - and other Viila Reserve chardies - but KR seem to be doing NZ's best. I have 2 bots of 2014 Neudorf Motuere but by all accounts it need at least 5 yrs bottle age so I'll stay away from it; Bob Campbell reckons the Neudorf is NZ's best.
SLIMES commented:

2/21/18, 1:12 PM - Thanks for the tip. I'll hunt out some bottles of Neudorf Moutere!