{"id":5217,"date":"2022-03-14T07:57:51","date_gmt":"2022-03-13T18:57:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/winefolio.co.nz\/?p=5217"},"modified":"2022-03-14T07:58:11","modified_gmt":"2022-03-13T18:58:11","slug":"kumeu-river-mates-chardonnay-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/winefolio.co.nz\/?p=5217","title":{"rendered":"Kumeu River Mat\u00e9s Chardonnay 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From the Mate&#8217;s vineyard across the road from the winery in Kumeu, West Auckland &#8211; the top level Chardonnay produced by this iconic label. Showing some bottle age colour in the glass \u2013 a glossy lemon-straw colour, but the aromatics on the nose are still bright and vivacious. Golden peach, ripe pear, mandarin and grapefruit, with a cardamom, nutmeg and vanilla spice notes. Acidity is good \u2013 these wines are always briskly acidic on release, but made to last &#8211; and well integrated. 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