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Kumeu River's 2019s and the new vineyard

Map of Kumeu and NZ wine producer Kumeu River's local vineyards

Our members were impatient for reviews of a keenly anticipated vintage from a favourite Chardonnay producer …

There's a thread on our Members' forum, with a dozen posts, entitled Kumeu 2019s. Farr Vintners, Lay & Wheeler and Uncorked have all been pushing the quality of the 2019 vintage for this exceptional New Zealand producer. Hence the impatience for tasting notes.

I did my best to get samples as soon as possible but, partly thanks to quarantine-itis, there was a little uncertainty as to where I would be when they arrived. The upshot is that I have had to wait...