Great White

Boston Globe raves over Kumeu River Winery’s 2003 Mate’s Vineyard Chardonnay, calling it “unbelievably rich and refined.” Named after Mate Brajkovich, son of the vineyard’s founders and managing director until his death in 1993, the wine is distinctive amongst NZ chardonnays, which are generally dry and understated. Globe: “[The wine] has extraordinary intensity and length without being overdone or heavy. If you are planning to spend this kind of money or more for California chardonnay or white Burgundy, reconsider … Kumeu River’s Mate’s Vineyard Chardonnay is a knockout.”