2023 Kumeu River Coddington Chardonnay

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The 2023 Coddington Chardonnay is sleek and polished. The fruit is on the kiwi fruit, almond meal and white peach end of the spectrum, and the fruit is lean. Tightly coiled acidity is gently embossed into the fruit; it is neatly packaged and very tight. The wine builds as it opens, and while the first sip was difficult to get a reading on, the ensuing interactions are juicier and more saliva-inducing. The restraint is attractive, and the back-palate weighting of flavor similarly makes for charming drinking. 12.6% alcohol, sealed under screw cap. Drink 2024-2033.
94 points
Erin Larkin - Wine Advocate (Dec 20, 2024)

The complexity and flintiness are so enticing, with sliced apples, lemons, minerals and gunpowder. Full-bodied, dense and intense, with subtle brioche, cooked lemon and apple notes. Racy and steely but with richness underneath. Some lemongrass. So complex. Drink or hold. Screw cap.
95 points
JamesSuckling.com

I always love this wine and despite the vintage tribulations, the Coddington retains its signature vineyard character, one of generousness and exuberance. Ripe and rich, within the context of the vintage, more open than the tightly wound Hunting Hill. There is a little ripe stonefruit, some biscuit and cream. Drink from 2025 - 2030.
94 points
Jane Skilton MW - Inside Burgundy

Quite a tangy number, with green apple, lemon/lime, fennel, a slight smoked almond thing, and some pastry dough. It jumps around a bit, has some flecks of green though it, quite some lemony bite, lots of flinty texture, though it feels maybe a little sharp and rolled up on the finish. It’s a good wine, though kind of edgy as at now, with lemon zest to close. I reckon it will soften and improve with a few more years; it certainly has the acid line to underwrite that. And in that respect, there’s maybe something of a young Hunter Semillon character about it, which leads me to this conclusion. It could well be a bit of a dark horse. Drink: 2025 - 2033+
92+ points
Gary Walsh - The Wine Front