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Kumeu River Hunting Hill Chardonnay 2024
BOTTLE:
$125.00
In stock
SKU
100196
HALF-DOZEN: $712.50 or $118.75 each
DOZEN: $1,350.00 or $112.50 each
DOZEN: $1,350.00 or $112.50 each
Producer: Kumeu River
Country:
New Zealand
Region:
Hawkes Bay
Grape: chardonnay
Size:
BTL
Vintage:
2023
The aromas of apple pie, citrus, cream, and crushed stones are compelling. Full-bodied with a focused and phenolic center palate that gives form and energy to this young chardonnay. Flavorful but tense in the finish. (96) JAMES SUCKLING
FIVE STARS - Super concentrated. Stylistically different to the Coddington, as less flesh and upfront charm and but instead plenty of sleek, lithe flinty reduction. Lemon blossom and apple sorbet. Great degree of ripeness and poise. A creamy, silken texture. (96) JASPER MORRIS MW
The 2024 Hunting Hill Chardonnay is the ripest in alcohol of the 2024 releases, and it feels powerfully layered and driven on the palate. This is rich, almost thunderous in its positioning, with salted citrus and exotic spices (star anise/fennel/scraped vanilla pod). The oak here is polished and elegant, smoothing down any stray, loose hairs. The barrels have been air dried for three years and lightly toasted. The finish is tight and focused. (95) ERIN LARKIN
My, my this is exceptional. It's intense without being heavy, and has power yet a certain sophistication. Smoky and flinty, with ripe stone fruit and grapefruit, pith, too, and some briny almost-oyster-shell nuances. Hazelnut praline, clotted cream and spicy oak all add to the depth of flavour and complexity, yet it's juicy and tangy, too, thanks to the acidity, which renders the finish long and satisfying. (96) JANE FAULKNER, James Halliday's Wine Companion
Hunting Hill was planted in 1982, then replanted in 2000. It overlooks Maté's Vineyard. Scotch Finger biscuits, hazelnut, aniseed, red apple, pear, spice and white flowers. It's glossy, savoury and saline, oatmeal and toasted hazelnut, mellifluous and spicy, balanced acidity, a chalky and grainy grip to texture, with a salted nut finish of superb length and shape. A complete wine. Yes. GARY WALSH, Wine Front
FIVE STARS - Super concentrated. Stylistically different to the Coddington, as less flesh and upfront charm and but instead plenty of sleek, lithe flinty reduction. Lemon blossom and apple sorbet. Great degree of ripeness and poise. A creamy, silken texture. (96) JASPER MORRIS MW
The 2024 Hunting Hill Chardonnay is the ripest in alcohol of the 2024 releases, and it feels powerfully layered and driven on the palate. This is rich, almost thunderous in its positioning, with salted citrus and exotic spices (star anise/fennel/scraped vanilla pod). The oak here is polished and elegant, smoothing down any stray, loose hairs. The barrels have been air dried for three years and lightly toasted. The finish is tight and focused. (95) ERIN LARKIN
My, my this is exceptional. It's intense without being heavy, and has power yet a certain sophistication. Smoky and flinty, with ripe stone fruit and grapefruit, pith, too, and some briny almost-oyster-shell nuances. Hazelnut praline, clotted cream and spicy oak all add to the depth of flavour and complexity, yet it's juicy and tangy, too, thanks to the acidity, which renders the finish long and satisfying. (96) JANE FAULKNER, James Halliday's Wine Companion
Hunting Hill was planted in 1982, then replanted in 2000. It overlooks Maté's Vineyard. Scotch Finger biscuits, hazelnut, aniseed, red apple, pear, spice and white flowers. It's glossy, savoury and saline, oatmeal and toasted hazelnut, mellifluous and spicy, balanced acidity, a chalky and grainy grip to texture, with a salted nut finish of superb length and shape. A complete wine. Yes. GARY WALSH, Wine Front