Perched on the slope above Maté's Vineyard, Hunting Hill consistently produces one of Kumeu Estate's most finely structured and mineral-driven Chardonnays. The outstanding 2025 release delivers striking purity and tension, balancing ripe stone fruit and citrus with notes of white blossom, crushed stone, subtle almond, and flinty complexity. More linear and finely etched than its sibling Maté's Vineyard, Hunting Hill combines richness with remarkable precision, finishing with lingering minerality and vibrant acidity. Refined, age-worthy, and unmistakably site-specific, it is a compelling expression of one of New Zealand's greatest Chardonnay vineyards

Family-owned by the Brajkovich family since 1944, Kumeu Estate has become one of New Zealand’s most internationally acclaimed Chardonnay producers. Based in Kumeu, just northwest of Auckland, the estate has built a global reputation for crafting site-driven Chardonnays that combine the richness and complexity of fine Burgundy with the freshness and purity of New Zealand fruit. Their meticulous approach, including hand harvesting, indigenous yeast fermentation, barrel ageing, and a focus on individual vineyard expressions, has made Kumeu a benchmark producer whose wines regularly earn comparisons with some of the world's great white wines.