Peter van den Besselaar

9.1

vintage 2023 | chardonnay typicality with waves of vanilla | obviously very young | paired with a fish pizza — 8 days ago

Peter van den Besselaar

9.1

Vintage 2022 | Expressive minerality, strict, a bit one dimensional but great effort as this is the basic wine of Kumeu — 2 months ago

Carter White

8.9

Lemon zest, slate, with a touch of cream — 4 months ago

Peter van den Besselaar

9.3

Vintage 2022 | true to type chard, very vibrant, with clear acidity and finesse and refinement. Very quaffable to, difficult to spit this out. — a year ago

Bob McDonald

9.3

This is the 2019 Hunting Hill, same vintage as the recently tasted Kumeu River Coddington. The Coddington remains the more opulent of the Kumeu cuvées. A mouth watering salinity. In this one. As Bob Campbell MW said, this is a Burgundian style (lacking the stone fruit of the Coddington). Although several previous vintages of Mates Vineyard have proved, at least to my palate, that it is the premium Cuvée. — 20 days ago

Jason Sliwa

9.3

I liked this more than I can remember liking a syrah. Restrained, well balanced, delicious. — 3 months ago

James Maclean

8.9

Light, fresh and acidic — 9 months ago

Bob McDonald

9.5

See previous note 120 weeks ago. This was fuller and more luscious than the 2017 Mate’s Vineyard had a month ago. This had more peach and melon than the Mates. More opulent and very easy to enjoy. Perhaps the Coddington is the most opulent of the Kumeu River cuvées. I will have to try an old Hunting Hill to compare. — 25 days ago

Paul J

9.4

Modest gold color. Melons and white flowers on the nose. Same on the palate with some subtle apples and pears. Nice complexity and refreshing. Medium depth with a long finish. — 2 months ago

with Brooke

Jenn Blachford

9.0

Absolutely delicious. Deep cherry — 4 months ago

with Matt