Wine Description
Mate's Vineyard is always set apart from the other Kumeu River Chardonnays with its lifted, sweet fruit aroma that is akin to pears. On the palate, there is extra concentration and length of flavor. This is certainly a wine that will benefit from bottle aging of four to six years.
"The 2006 Mate's Vineyard Chardonnay
has a different take on the vintage:
earthier on the nose with hazelnut and
butterscotch developing with time. This
has the most elegance and harmony of
the three single vineyards with just perfect acidity and harmonious, cohesive finish inflected with apricot and white pea Chateau Very refined, this would challenge the superiority of many white Burgundy wines... drink well between 3-10 years."
Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
95 Points
