KUMEU RIVER CODDINGTON CHARDONNAY 2024
| Grape: | Chardonnay |
| Vineyard: |
Coddington, Kumeu River |
| Origin: | Auckland, New Zealand |
| Vintage: | 2024 |
| ABV%: | 13.5% |
| Colour: | Yellow |
| Aromas: | Rich peach and wild flowers |
| Flavours: | Ripe stone fruits. Medium bodied with creamy and buttery notes. |
This wine is produced from a vineyard previously owned by Tim & Angela Coddington. Since 1998, their grapes have contributed to the Kumeu River Estate Chardonnay blend and due to its unique characteristics, in 2016, Michael Brajkovich gave Coddington a single vineyard status.
The Coddington vineyard was the lowest yielding of all our Kumeu vineyards in 2024. The extra concentration and texture that low yields bring has enhanced the typically rich and peachy nature of this vineyard. With beautiful aromas of peach and white flowers the Coddington has a silky concentrated palate that lingers for a long time on the finish. Now over 30 years old this vineyard is producing wines that are approachable now but better with bottle age of 4 -6 years.
Highlights
- Hand harvested
- Whole-bunch pressed
- Indigenous yeast fermentation
- 100% barrel fermentation
- 25% new French Oak
- 100% malo-lactic fermentation
- 11 months maturation in barrel
Reviews
"Full screwcapped bottle 1,348 g. From a 1.8-ha vineyard planted in 1994. Hand-harvested, whole-bunch pressed before 100% spontaneous barrel ferment in French oak with 100% malo (25% new French oak). 11 months' ageing in barrel. Lease extension has been negotiated but only annual so they don't invest in new plantings here. Always one of the last vineyards to pick because of leafroll virus, like Maté's. Heat trap gives stone-fruit character, says Michael B. Barrels from a single heavy-toasting cooper. Half of the usual crop and sold out fast in NZ.
Mid straw-gold. Rich, peachy nose and softer than most of the Kumeu bottlings with light oak influence. Big and bold. A real undertow of ripeness. Even a little heat. Drink 2025-2032."
"A complex and whole chardonnay with sliced apples, flint. limes and stones on the nose and palate. It’s medium-bodied with a solid core of fruit and a long and complete aftertaste. Drink or hold. Screw cap."