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White
2016 Kumeu River Chardonnay Maté's Vineyard
Chardonnay
- New Zealand
- North Island
- Auckland
- Kumeu
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Community Tasting Notes 28
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danchaq Likes this wine: 92 points
March 20, 2024 - Settled down nicely now. Really interesting interplay between buttermilk and fresh lemon. Big wine that commands attention. Good both with and without food.
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danchaq wrote: 90 points
November 10, 2023 - I get the sour milk note! Sharp lemon, coconuty oak. The oak is more integrated than my last bottle but it's still lithe. More concentration than texture. Nice for broaching but personally I have twelve and wish I had one or two more since. Saying that's its going to last a bit. There is a lot of "winemaking" going on here.
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gouldcampbell77 wrote: 85 points
February 22, 2023 - Open 12hrs
Concentrated an minerally for sure, but lacking the fruity charm of the Coddington. This smells and tastes like so many other chardonnays out there - slightly sour, like milk that's on the turn. I don't think there's actually anything wrong with it but like the Hunting Hill, it's just not much fun. -
Yme wrote:
September 2, 2022 - Champagne & Chardonnay WIMPS, September 2022 (La Trompette, London): Very summer fruit and flowers forward with obvious vanilla oak throughout. Was interesting reading some comments below of how this wine was close to a Burgundian style. We thought the bottle we had was a good example of new world chardonnay.
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DrinkerTrev Likes this wine: 94 points
July 9, 2022 - I found this in the drink fridge at my holiday home. Already been opened and one glass gone. Who did that? Anyway I tried it after probably opened for 2 weeks. Still tasting great. Plenty of wood and honey. No acidic flavours that I expected.
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By Tim Jackson MW
2/20/2019 (link)(Kumeu River, Maté’s Vineyard Chardonnay Kumeu White) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Neal Martin
To Paint A Picture: Kumeu River Chardonnay 2006-2017 (Feb 2019), 2/1/2019 (link)(Kumeu River Chardonnay Maté’s Vineyard White) Subscribe to see review text.
Jasper Morris Inside Burgundy
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By Jasper Morris
Fine wines of New Zealand, 1/1/2019 (link)(Kumeu River, Mate’s Vineyard, Chardonnay, Auckland, White) Subscribe to see review text.
JamesSuckling.com
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By James Suckling
10/3/2018 (link)(Kumeu River Chardonnay Kumeu Mate's Vineyard, White, New Zealand) Subscribe to see review text.
JancisRobinson.com
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By Jancis Robinson, MW
9/21/2018 (link)(Kumeu River, Maté’s Vineyard Chardonnay Kumeu White) Subscribe to see review text.
The WINEFRONT
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By Gary Walsh
12/18/2017 (link)(Kumeu River Mate’s Vineyard Chardonnay) Subscribe to see review text.
JamesSuckling.com
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By James Suckling
9/18/2017 (link)(Kumeu River Chardonnay Kumeu Mate's Vineyard, White, New Zealand) Subscribe to see review text.
Wine Definition
- Vintage 2016
- Type White
- Producer Kumeu River
- Varietal Chardonnay
- Designation n/a
- Vineyard Maté's Vineyard
- Country New Zealand
- Region North Island
- SubRegion Auckland
- Appellation Kumeu
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 82 (7%)
- In Cellars 652 (57%)
- Consumed 412 (36%)
Food Pairing
Community Recommendations
fruits de mer en sauce, homard, pâtes au fruits de mer, poisson en sauce, porc, risotto, sushi, tartare de poisson, viande blanche, volaille en sauceWho Likes This Wine
95% Like It 20 votes
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- CountryNew Zealand
- RegionNorth Island
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