2024 Kumeu Village Chardonnay
Secondary Description
Producer
Origin
Auckland, North Island, New Zealand, NEW ZEALAND
Colour
white
Wine Style
dry
Dominant Grape
Chardonnay
Closure Style
screw cap
Maturity
ready
Bottle size
75cl
Case Quantity
6
Alcohol
13%
Score
92 points, Erin Brooks, robertparker.com, June 2025
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Media Reviews
Erin Brooks
The 2024 Village Chardonnay had just been freshly bottled when I tasted it at the estate in Kumeu in March 2025. The other 2024 Chardonnays were tasted as tank samples prior to filtration and bottling soon. The wine leads with yellow citrus and crushed shells. It is texturally fine, sleek and tightly coiled around a core of salty acidity. It is complex but composed and very good.
`2024 was a fantastic year, just very small,` says Paul Brajkovich. `Weather during flowering wasn`t good in spring in 2023,` says Michael Brajkovich. `Ripening in 2024 was excellent, so we have a 40% down in yield but very high quality. The Village wine is a blend of Kumeu and Hawke`s Bay [and is] a mixture of barrel and tank fermentation.` 92 points
`2024 was a fantastic year, just very small,` says Paul Brajkovich. `Weather during flowering wasn`t good in spring in 2023,` says Michael Brajkovich. `Ripening in 2024 was excellent, so we have a 40% down in yield but very high quality. The Village wine is a blend of Kumeu and Hawke`s Bay [and is] a mixture of barrel and tank fermentation.` 92 points