{"id":4077,"date":"2021-08-05T11:40:18","date_gmt":"2021-08-04T23:40:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/winefolio.co.nz\/?p=4077"},"modified":"2021-08-05T11:41:36","modified_gmt":"2021-08-04T23:41:36","slug":"kumeu-river-mates-vineyard-chardonnay-2020-scores-a-perfect-100pts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/winefolio.co.nz\/?p=4077","title":{"rendered":"Kumeu River Mate&#8217;s Vineyard Chardonnay 2020 scores a perfect 100pts"},"content":{"rendered":"<table class=\"em_wrapper\" border=\"0\" width=\"462\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"em_yellowu\" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">Critics James Suckling and Nick Stock have awarded a perfect score to 2020 Mate&#8217;s Vineyard Chardonnay. This is only the second New Zealand wine to receive 100\/100 from JamesSuckling.com<\/p>\n<p><strong>100 points \u2013 Kumeu River Mate&#8217;s Vineyard Chardonnay<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>We are not going to be shy about it. We just gave a perfect score to a New Zealand chardonnay \u2013 Kumeu River Chardonnay Kumeu Mate\u2019s Vineyard 2020. Both Contributing Editor Nick Stock and I have been saying for years that chardonnay from New Zealand is amazing, and the perfect wine has<br \/>\nfinally arrived.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>They have set the standard for New Zealand chardonnay,\u201d said Nick, who raved about all the 2020 Kumeu River Chardonnays he rated last week. \u201cWe are looking at the best set of releases ever from this winery. The Brajkovich family makes the wines and Michael Brajkovich is the winemaker, and he is relentless in finding quality.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Mate&#8217;s Vineyard Chardonnay 2020 is now all sold out at Kumeu River. 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