Iron Horse Vineyards is the love and labour of Californians Audrey and Barry Sterling. In 1976 they drove along the one lane road just outside of the town of Occidental in the Russian River Valley of Sonoma County, through the fog and misty rain to find this beautiful vineyard, which they bought, pretty much on the spot. The location is beautiful, often shrouded by the fog that gets held by its rolling hills, and is very remote. Almost 30 years later to the day, we drove along that same road, in similar weather conditions to find their beautiful property and taste their exquisite wines.
2007 Kumeu River Chardonnay Maté’s Vineyard
We had high expectations when we opened this based on Kumeu’s Hunting Hill Chardonnay and it did not disappoint. Medium gold in colour, the nose revealed tons of complexity with notes of apple, peach, lemon and vanilla. The palate followed suit as it was both intense and balanced with a nice long finish.
Excellent
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2010 Kistler Les Noisetiers Chardonnay
The 2010 Kistler Les Noisetiers is a big and wonderfully complex Chardonnay that screams California! It is full bodied and creamy with tropical notes of pineapple and peach balanced with caramel and vanilla. The mouth feel was smooth and plush and it provided a nice long finish. We paired it with garlic butter prawns & scallops with an outstanding result.
Excellent
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The roots of New Zealand’s Kumeu River wines extend back almost 80 years to 1937 when the Brajkovich family first left their Croatian home to settle near Auckland. Maté and Kate were the first in the clan to arrive and began working in the vineyards near their new home. By 1944 they had saved enough to buy their own small vineyard and San Marino Vineyards was born, growing grapes and making small amounts of wine. Successive generations of the Brajkovich family continued to run the winery, changing its name to Kumeu River Wines in 1986 to reflect the local region. By now the emphasis on quality Chardonnay was set and the reputation of this small winery was on its way up. Today Melba, Michael, Marijana, Milan and Paul continue the family tradition and are now producing world class Chardonnay.
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