{"product_id":"2025-kumeu-river-hunting-hill-chardonnay","title":"Kumeu River Hunting Hill Chardonnay 2025","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn their words - \u003c\/strong\u003e\"\u003cspan\u003eHunting Hill is very distinctive in its terroir typicity, with piercing lemon\/lime fruit lift and florality on the nose, richness and volume in the mouth followed by lingering acidity and minerality on the finish. This is an absolute classic example of how great the Chardonnay grape can be: A beautifully powerful, yet elegant and complex wine with long term aging ability.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHunting Hill is a vineyard that was first planted in 1982 and became a significant part of the original Kumeu River Chardonnay blend. Occupying the slope overlooking Maté’s Vineyard, it has always contributed lovely ripe and rich fruit to the Estate Chardonnay. Hunting Hill was replanted in 2000 and is now even better than before, giving beautifully ripe fruit with a distinctive, mealy minerality.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-details__accordion-item is-active\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-details__accordion-content rte\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e2025 was a remarkably dry harvest season. We started with the early Sparkling Wine varieties in perfect condition on 4 February. One week later we had 17mm, just before we commenced the table wine harvest. After that, it was pretty much dry all the way through the rest of Vintage on 17 March.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-details__accordion-content rte\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-details__accordion-content rte\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHand harvested\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhole-bunch pressed\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIndigenous yeast fermentation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e100% barrel fermentation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrench Oak\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e100% malo-lactic fermentation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e11 months maturation in barrel\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e12.8% vol.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Deja Vu Wine Co","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42280242249934,"sku":"381264","price":129.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0570\/6393\/2110\/files\/Kumeu_River_Hunting_Hill_Chardonnay_MARKET_WINE_STORE.jpg?v=1759655942","url":"https:\/\/marketwinestore.com.au\/products\/2025-kumeu-river-hunting-hill-chardonnay","provider":"Market Wine Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}