Kumeu River Rays Road Chardonnay 750ml

Kumeu River Rays Road Chardonnay 20202022 750ml Rays Road is Kumeu Rivers new vineyard site in Hawkes Bay This limestone hillside is at 180 m altitude with a northerly aspect It is dryfarmed to yield highquality grapes for a wine under the Rays Road name for our Kumeu River label  This Chardonnay was handharvested a whole bunch pressed and fermented with wild yeast in older French Oak barrels to give a wine that is zesty and fragrant with mineral complexity that is very true to its site TASTING NOTE The 2020 vintage Rays Road produced the best fruit we have seen yet from this unique site With new clonal plantings of Chardonnay in their first year of production we were able to blend some extra ripeness and richness with the fresh limestone vibrancy of the existing vines The result is an exciting Rays Road Chardonnay showing white flowers and lemon on the nose with vibrant acidity and tingly oystershell minerality on the palate FOOD MATCHING Drink with Seafood Pasta Chicken Risotto Alc 135  Whiskeyonline Whiskyonline NZ