Kumeu River, Ray's Road Pinot Noir, 2020 CHAMPCT0612 site-specific 2022 bottling

site-specific 2022 bottling

baking spice

Altitude gives these wines their signature high-toned elegance

northern Piedmont's steep Alpine Nebbiolo appellation near the Valle d'Aosta

Kumeu River, Ray's Road Pinot Noir, 2020 CHAMPCT0612 site-specific 2022 bottlingKumeu River is famous for benchmark New Zealand Chardonnay, but the Brajkovich family had bigger ideas when they bought the Ray's Road vineyard in Hawke's Bay outright in 2017. This is their only single vineyard Pinot Noir, off a limestone rich site originally planted as a joint venture that included a Sancerre grower. The result is bright and fragrant, with ripe cherry, a dry leaf savory edge, and a distinctive limestone cut running underneath. It's