

Kumeu River Rays Road Chardonnay 2018
Rays Road is Kumeu River’s new vineyard site located in New Zealand's Hawkes Bay region. This limestone hillside is at 180 meters altitude, with a northerly aspect and is dry-farmed to yield high quality grapes for wine under the Kumeu River Rays Road label. This Chardonnay was hand-harvested, whole bunch pressed and fermented with wild yeast in older French Oak barrels. The limestone soils of this vineyard give quite a different expression to the vineyards in Kumeu. The wine is fragrant and flinty with a hint of pink grapefruit. The palate is supple but with a limestone edge that is piercing and lingering.
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The Producer Kumeu River | Auckland
Maté Brajkovich, a Dalmatian by birth, arrived in New Zealand in 1938 and by 1944 he and his parents (Mick and Kate) were able to purchase land in Kumeu with a small vineyard. Back...
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