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Kumeu River Coddington Chardonnay 2024
BOTTLE:
$105.00
In stock
SKU
100194
HALF-DOZEN: $598.50 or $99.75 each
DOZEN: $1,134.00 or $94.50 each
DOZEN: $1,134.00 or $94.50 each
Producer: Kumeu River
Country:
New Zealand
Region:
Kumeu
Grape: chardonnay
Size:
750ml
Vintage:
2022
A complex and whole chardonnay with sliced apples, flint. limes and stones on the nose and palate. It's medium-bodied with a solid core of fruit and a long and complete aftertaste. (97) JAMES SUCKLING
FIVE STARS - Very ripe and smoky. Shows classic Coddington aromas of grilled pineapple, rockmelon and red apple but is sleek, focussed and not at all blowsy. Concentrated and weighty, the new oak comes through right at the end of the palate. Finishes with hint of reduction and smoke. (96) JASPER MORRIS MW
The 2024 Coddington Chardonnay is alive on the palate with preserved lemon rind, tendrils of crushed shells and layers of brine. It is electric, in its way. There are salted and crushed nuts on the middle palate and length, which uncoils through the finish that allows a second and third look at the detail inherent within. This is very exciting and also creamy. (96) ERIN LARKIN
Plenty of power and concentration to the '24 chardonnays with Coddington leading the way. It's as funky as Motown music from the '60s, with mouth-watering sulphides, smokiness all bound by invigorating acidity, subtle oak spices and nutty/creamy barrel ferment/lees flavours. Plenty of flavour and richness yet all reined-in, so the result is a complex and compelling drink. (95) JANE FAULKNER, James Halliday's Wine Companion
White peach and nectarine, lime rind, aniseed, a slight matchstick character with light cinnamon and cedar oak. It's energetic and zesty, lots of flint and chalkiness to texture, a youthful juiciness to fruit, though gee it has some energy and the finish is crisp and very long. Cool and tight, a little lemon peel in the aftertaste. Delightful. GARY WALSH, Wine Front
FIVE STARS - Very ripe and smoky. Shows classic Coddington aromas of grilled pineapple, rockmelon and red apple but is sleek, focussed and not at all blowsy. Concentrated and weighty, the new oak comes through right at the end of the palate. Finishes with hint of reduction and smoke. (96) JASPER MORRIS MW
The 2024 Coddington Chardonnay is alive on the palate with preserved lemon rind, tendrils of crushed shells and layers of brine. It is electric, in its way. There are salted and crushed nuts on the middle palate and length, which uncoils through the finish that allows a second and third look at the detail inherent within. This is very exciting and also creamy. (96) ERIN LARKIN
Plenty of power and concentration to the '24 chardonnays with Coddington leading the way. It's as funky as Motown music from the '60s, with mouth-watering sulphides, smokiness all bound by invigorating acidity, subtle oak spices and nutty/creamy barrel ferment/lees flavours. Plenty of flavour and richness yet all reined-in, so the result is a complex and compelling drink. (95) JANE FAULKNER, James Halliday's Wine Companion
White peach and nectarine, lime rind, aniseed, a slight matchstick character with light cinnamon and cedar oak. It's energetic and zesty, lots of flint and chalkiness to texture, a youthful juiciness to fruit, though gee it has some energy and the finish is crisp and very long. Cool and tight, a little lemon peel in the aftertaste. Delightful. GARY WALSH, Wine Front