Kumeu River 2006 Coddington Vineyard Chardonnay - White Wine

White Wine by Kumeu River from New Zealand. The wine from the Coddington Vineyard shows the typical ripe peachy fruit we expect from this site. The palate is forward with a luxurious creamy texture and lovely balancing acidity. This wine, while delicious in its youth, will benefit from a period of bottle maturation of two to four years. 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. - Robert Parker's Wine Advocate 93 Points