Kumeu River Rays Road Chardonnay 2022

Kumeu River is considered one of the best producers of Chardonnay in New Zealand.

Rays Road is one of the latest additions to the Kumeu Rives vineyard sites, and oh boy, what a Chardonnay gold mine!

Grapes are hand-picked, ensuring only the highest quality fruit ends up in the bottle. Fermented on wild yeast in old French oak, the resulting juice is of great complexity and well-integrated vibrant acidity.

Food pairing suggestion: Classic roast chicken, or a creamy monkfish stew.

"This is a fuller style from Hawke’s Bay and quite different from the rest of the Kumeu range of chardonnays. Bold, ripe peaches dominate the nose and palate. The texture is impressively silky and smooth. Very fleshy and complete. Impressive." 95/100 James Suckling

"From a limestone, north-facing, dry-farmed hillside at 180m. Spontaneous fermentation. Aged in old French oak. Neat and well integrated, quite restrained. And already very accessible though with light, fine tannins and quite opulent fruit on the front palate. Sprightly. Lemon-pastille flavour. Very long. Beautifully made." 17/20 Jancis Robinson