Kumeu River Mate's Vineyard Chardonnay 2021 750ml - Carlo Russo's Wine & Spirit World
Community-oriented family-owned NJ liquor store. We deliver to homes, corporate kitchens and restaurants. etc.
Kumeu River Mate's Vineyard Chardonnay  2021 750ml
SKU: 56208

Kumeu River Mate's Vineyard Chardonnay 2021

  • js99
  • v97
  • we94
  • ws93

750ml
$0.00
$79.99

Available for:
Pickup
Delivery
Shipping
Share
Category White Wine
Varietal
Brand Kumeu River
Origin New Zealand, Auckland, Kumeu
Alcohol/vol 13.5%

The 2021 vintage for Mate’s Vineyard continues an amazing run of vintages from this plot. A spring frost in October 2020 reduced the yield across all vineyards, however the rest of the growing season was excellent and the grapes harvested in in 2021 were ripe, rich and concentrated. The grapes were whole-bunch pressed, then underwent 100% malo-lactic fermentation and 100% barrel fermentation with only indigenous yeast. The resulting wine shows the density, concertation and length that we have come to expect from a terrific Mate’s Vineyard vintage.

"Amongst the very best Chardonnay producers in the world is Kumeu River in New Zealand. Their Chardonnays were put to the test a few years ago when several were assessed blind, intermixed with some very serious Puligny-Montrachets and Meursaults. Kumeu River triumphed to such an extent that it became almost embarrassing. And to think that you can buy an entire case of Kumeu River for the cost of a single bottle of some Grand Crus.

Kumeau Chardonnays are one of the best Burgundian style Chardonnays outside of France, and this Kumeu River Estate Chardonnay is no exception. The quality level is off the charts in a very unassuming package. Everything is lovingly executed from wild yeast fermentation to barrel selection. These wines can age just like 1er Cru & Grand Cru white Burgundy." -Neal Martin, Vinous

James Suckling
  • js99

Lots of minerality with crushed stone, chalk, white grapefruit, peach stones, white apricots, wild herbs and lavender. Touch of cedar. Evolves to nutmeg and crushed almonds. Wow. It really builds on the palate, leading to a crescendo and intensity that blows your mind. Compact and phenolic, yet so agile and refined. Goes on for minutes. Drink or hold. Screw cap.

Vinous
  • v97

The 2021 Chardonnay Maté's Vineyard offers greater tension and sapidity compared with how the more relaxed 2020 did upon release. It will need time in bottle to shake off the rawness of youth. It is focused, concentrated and precise. There's sophisticated use of oak, which integrates seamlessly within the package. I got a cold the day after this was first opened, and almost a week later, when my senses returned, it remained impeccable, focused and compact.

Wine Enthusiast
  • we94

From over 30-year-old vineyards in the far north of New Zealand, this Chard leads with a delicate perfume of lemon peel, mandarin, pear, seashell and white blossom, with a subtle toasty underbelly. There's a juiciness to the pithy citrus fruit on the mid-weight palate. Quietly supportive oak and a mineral streak add a feeling of purity and poise. Highly food friendly, with polish and restraint, this drinks well now but could cellar until 2033.

Christina Pickard, April 1, 2023
Wine Spectator
  • ws93

Rich, with toasted hazelnut and spice accents of nutmeg and cardamom to the baked apple, white peach and touches of lemon meringue. Despite the robust, intense flavors, this has a sense of restraint to the crisp thread of acidity and sleek frame. Drink now through 2030. 1,300 cases made, 168 cases imported.

MaryAnn Worobiec, August 21, 2023

Are you 21 years old, or older?

No