Kumeu River Estate Chardonnay 2024

Here's a juicy pear and stone fruit wine, with a touch of aniseed and spicy oak. There's full Chardonnay flavour with a little salt crust, cinnamon pastry, bright acidity, a general sense of richness, hazelnut and spice, with a finish of excellent length and pink grapefruit tang. So very tasty. GARY WALSH

Buttery croissant aromas, smoky snuffed candle, very complex and charming, the palate medium bodied with good weight and medium length, dry finish, impeccable balance. A remarkable wine at the price, detailed and engaging. HUON HOOKE, Real Review

The 2024 Estate Chardonnay is floral and tightly coiled, with a scratched lime backbone. It's utterly composed and restrained. It is mineral and very good indeed. ERIN LARKIN, Wine Advocate