{"product_id":"kumeu-river-hunting-hill-chardonnay-2025","title":"Kumeu River Hunting Hill Chardonnay 2025","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHunting Hill Chardonnay 2025\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(142, 37, 37);\"\u003e94 pts Wine Advocate\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDrink Date: 2025 - 2039\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe 2024 Hunting Hill Chardonnay is the ripest in alcohol of the 2024 releases, and it feels powerfully layered and driven on the palate. This is rich, almost thunderous in its positioning, with salted citrus and exotic spices (star anise\/fennel\/scraped vanilla pod). The oak here is polished and elegant, smoothing down any stray, loose hairs. The barrels have been air dried for three years and lightly toasted. The finish is tight and focused. This was tasted as a tank sample prior to filtration and bottling.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e2025 Growing Season at Kumeu\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe 2025 harvest season was notably dry. Harvest commenced with the early sparkling wine varieties on February 4, followed by 17 millimeters of rain one week later, shortly before the start of the table wine harvest. Conditions then remained largely dry through to the completion of the vintage on March 17. The wines were all vinified using the same method. The fruit was hand-harvested and whole-bunch pressed before undergoing fermentation with indigenous yeast. Fermentation took place entirely in French oak barrels, followed by 100% malolactic fermentation. The wines were then matured in barrel for 11 months.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Kumeu River, Auckland, NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44371383124102,"sku":"TRY-WD-kumeu-hunting25","price":94.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0075\/0338\/0543\/files\/11377153_square_26f1aeb4-1346-4ad7-b1d8-56a2e1ff1b8d.jpg?v=1764010189","url":"https:\/\/www.winesolutions.com\/products\/kumeu-river-hunting-hill-chardonnay-2025","provider":"Wine Solutions","version":"1.0","type":"link"}