Kumeu River, Rays Road Chardonnay Vintage:2018 sub-regional introduction to the range

sub-regional introduction to the range is consistently and strikingly savoury

chocolate and black cherry notes make up the perfume

(from purchased grapes that Perrot has the right to intercede with certain aspects of the viticulture)

like a number of 2002s today

Available in up to 200 shops

Kumeu River, Rays Road Chardonnay Vintage:2018 sub-regional introduction to the rangeQuite a 'stony' nose and already lots of fun. Seems more than a year more evolved than the 2019. At a very nice stage now. Fresh and minerally and super crisp but quite satisfying and not meagre at all. Super clean. Just right for current drinking. If only all white burgundy offered this accessibility (I'm talking both price and taste). Really quite long. A neat, complete wine. At the moment I prefer this to the more intense but unformed Rays Road