{"product_id":"kumeu-river-village-chardonnay-2025-750ml","title":"Kumeu River, Village Chardonnay, 2025","description":"This is the Chardonnay the Brajkovich family keeps in their own fridge. It's their aperitif bottle, and an easy, affordable way into one of New Zealand's benchmark Chardonnay houses. Kumeu River was founded in 1944 by the Brajkovich family, immigrants from Croatia. Michael Brajkovich became New Zealand's first Master of Wine, and the estate is known for benchmark-quality Chardonnay. The 2025 draws 42% of its fruit from Kumeu and 58% from Hawke's Bay. Nearly a third of the blend comes from the family's own Rays Road vineyard on Hawke's Bay limestone, which they credit with giving the wine its limestone edginess. The winemaking is serious for an everyday bottle: native-yeast fermentation, full malolactic, and 38% fermented in French barriques at least five years old (the rest in stainless steel). The old barrels add richness but almost no oak flavour. The family calls 2025 an outstanding vintage in both Kumeu and Hawke's Bay. It's sealed with a screw cap, so it's always ready to pour.","brand":"Wilson Daniels (MHW) [WDS]","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45223101464633,"sku":"NYC-4-WDS-`10000380402625`-120325-3","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0125\/1518\/0601\/files\/IMG-4784.jpg?v=1790716310","url":"https:\/\/nyc.flatiron-wines.com\/products\/kumeu-river-village-chardonnay-2025-750ml","provider":"Flatiron Wines \u0026 Spirits NYC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}