| Region | |
|---|---|
| Subregion | New Zealand > Auckland |
| Colour | White |
| Type | Still |
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Quite mute at the moment, this wine is showing a delicate peachy, ripe apple and warm citrus character with some brioche and honeycomb. Crisp, medium bodied and with excellent balance of acid and zesty fruit, it has a long finish with a suggestion of chalkiness.
There is a hint of autumn leaf maturity the start of the palate nutty with firm fresh fruits. A touch of peach gives a little more depth in the middle but at the back palate it is lean and tight the finish flinty and fresh. 2018-21
Superbly harmonious and round, fleshy yet defined and fresh. Sweet and sour plum, greengage and candied lemon fruits. Drinking beautifully now, perhaps not the most distinguished wine in the flight but certainly a profoundly enjoyable fine wine to drink now.
Debut vintage. Fine, focused white peach and pear with a hint of melon richness. Lovely texture and nice depth of fruit. Generous but still fresh.
Deep greenish straw. Pungent and it tastes golden green somehow. Smooth texture with a bit of chew. Very much still alive. Thunderous finish.
Drink 2008-2025
More sweetly oaky than the Hunting Hill but also more smoky and it has that family likeness of savoury minerality. Great acidity - more rapier-like than the Hunting Hill - and intense citrus freshness and spice all very well integrated into a classy whole. Fine ripe fruit and great length.
Rich but very subtle, this is a beautiful, mature chardonnay that is now very creamy and silky, the finish very long but slightly warm. Drink now. Screw cap.
Tasted at Farr Vintners' Kumeu River tasting. The maiden 2006 Coddington Chardonnay from Kumeu River is maturing with style some seven years after I tasted it down in Auckland. Now at its peak, one finds mint leaf and bitter orange on the nose flanked by lime and citrus fruit, though perhaps deprived some of its nascent complexity. The palate is medium-bodied, crisp and taut with a fine line of acidity, linear with a Chablis-like finish. This is still a classy number, though I would have been inclined to open any bottles a couple of years ago. Drink: 2015 - 2019
The outstanding 2006 Coddington Chardonnay is a vineyard trained on a single vertical trellis. It displays fantastic definition on the intense aromatics with crisp apple, limestone, apricot and white peach, the palate very concentrated with vibrant acidity, touches of apple and walnut and very good weight on the slightly honeyed, persistent finish. This Chardonnay should easily last more than a decade.
Rich and ripe on the nose the fruit is sweet the start of the palate has weight of flavour. Slightly
lighter and fresher in the middle bright at the back yet there is a greater depth of fruit on the
finish. 2015-18
