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KING CHARLES SERVED JAPAN EMPEROR NEW ZEALAND CHARDONNAY ALONG WITH FRENCH FINE WINES
By Siulan Law Mathews DipWSET
8-7-2024
Source: The Imperial Household Agency/Instagram
Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako of Japan were offered a New Zealand chardonnay along with fine wines from France during the state banquet hosted by King Charles and Queen Camilla at Buckingham Palace during their recent state visit.
The 2016 Kumeū River Hunting Hill chardonnay is described as having a “piercing lemon/lime fruit lift and florality on the nose, richness and volume in the mouth followed by lingering acidity and minerality on the finish”.
Also on the wine list were Coates and Seely Brut Reserve NV, a Chateau Angludet Margaux 2014 and a Laurent Perrier Cuvee Rose NV.
The dinner menu included baked fillet of Cornish turbot with herb butter wrapped in lettuce, sorrel cream sauce, summer vegetables, creamed potato and spinach croquette, and a green bean and quail egg salad, with a peach sorbet ice cream bomb and compressed peaches for dessert.
The visit was meant to take place in 2020, but was postponed due to the pandemic.
The inclusion of a New Zealand wine in the state banquet is an acknowledgement of the country’s wine quality by the British royal family which is known for having a penchant for quality wines.
During an official visit to New Zealand in 2019, then Prince Charles and Camilla sampled wines at the Hunting Lodge Winery.
The wines they have tasted including some of New Zealand’s first sauvignon blanc wines, they have also learned about the history of winemaking in Waimauku, north of Auckland.
In 2011, two New Zealand wines were selected for the late Queen Elizabeth’s own wine cellar, with the royal household wine committee purchasing 840 bottles of sauvignon blanc from Villa Maria Estate and Palliser Estate.
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