Kumeu River Mate's Vineyard Chardonnay 2023
Kumeu River Mate's Vineyard Chardonnay 2023
- 2023
- 750ml
- White
- 12.5%
- Chardonnay
- Chardonnay
- Kumeu River
- Auckland
- New Zealand
- Vintage: 2023
- Size: 750ml
- Type: White
- Alcohol: 12.5%
- Varietal: Chardonnay
- Grapes: Chardonnay
- Winery: Kumeu River
- Region: Auckland
- Country: New Zealand
- Vintage: 2023
- Size: 750ml
- Type: White
- Alcohol: 12.5%
- Varietal: Chardonnay
- Grapes: Chardonnay
- Winery: Kumeu River
- Region: Auckland
- Country: New Zealand
Tucked away just to the north of Auckland, the famed Kumeu River winery is best known for their breathtaking Burgundy-style Chardonnays. The family-run winery is located 30km from the Pacific Ocean and 20km from the Tasman Sea which helps to moderate summer temperatures and create white wines with remarkable finesse and elegance.
Mate’s Vineyard is Kumeu’s flagship single vineyard Chardonnay which comes from 18-year old vines planted on mineral rich soils. This is always the last vineyard to be harvested by the family so the grapes enjoy an extended ripening period which helps to add complexity and intense flavours to the wine. After vinification the wine is aged in oak barrels of which 30% are new for 11 months to add a delicious creamy texture and hints of vanilla to the wine.
An enchanting perfume of ripe peaches, almond blossom and bright citrus seduces the nose as soon as you open this bottle of Chardonnay, while the palate offers tropical fruit flavours, racy acidity and a distinctive flinty minerality. Full-bodied and incredibly smooth in the mouth, this is an ideal partner for creamy chicken dishes or even veal. If you have the patience, this bottle will continue to develop and evolve over the next decade or so if it is stored in optimum cellar conditions.
Kumeu River Mate's Vineyard Chardonnay 2023









overall i had a positive experience, they have a wide range of wines, some which are hard to find anywhere else - the main reason i still buy from them, plus the discounts are fair and often, but... their codes for the first offer only works at the first offer, which if fine, but then why would you send me the voucher in each package i order, why spam me on the email and every time i log in on the website? this is really bothering me... then their rewards points system is useless, first of all because you only get peanuts even after spending €250 on an order, but even those peanuts will expire if you won't order again soon, which is unfair, to say the least... and lastly, if you get a corked wine, a wine with any deffect or a wine that leaked (my last order contained a bottle of $100 Caymus Cabernet with a leaking cork, which made the wine tasted cooked and flat), they have no procedure put in place for you to replace or return the wine or to get a refund or replacement - none, which is a big no no no for any wine collector... so all in all i give it 3 stars for now