Hawkes Bay
New Zealand's second largest region by plantings, with 4,500 hectares (or 20 percent of the country's total) in 2006, Hawkes Bay continues to fine-tune its Merlot/Cabernet Sauvignon/Franc Bordeaux blends, offering some fine, fresh, pencil-shaving-nuanced examples, particularly from the Te Mata Estate. The more recent success story seems to be that of Syrah, in a cool, black pepper Northern Rhône style.
Item
Case format
Availability
Price per case
BBX marketplace
BBX
6 x 75cl bottles
BBX
1 case
£332.00
UK ONLY
UK ONLY
BBX marketplace
BBX
6 x 75cl bottles
BBX
1 case
£333.00
UK ONLY
UK ONLY
2015 Te Mata Estate, Bullnose, Syrah, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand
Red
2015
Drink, at peak
Full Bodied
Dry
14.0% Alcohol
Wine Advocate90/100
BBX marketplace
BBX
6 x 75cl bottles
BBX
1 case
£350.00
2014 Craggy Range, Aroha, Te Muna, Pinot Noir, Martinborough, New Zealand
Red
2014
Drink, youthful
Full Bodied
Dry
14.5% Alcohol
BBX marketplace
BBX
6 x 75cl bottles
BBX
1 case
£519.00
2019 Te Mata Estate, Coleraine, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand
Red
2019
Drink, youthful
Full Bodied
Dry
13.5% Alcohol
Berry Bros. & Rudd
BB&R
6 x 75cl bottles
BB&R
23 cases
£174.00
UK ONLY
Limited availability
En Primeur
UK ONLY
Limited availability
En Primeur
2020 Te Mata Estate, Bullnose, Syrah, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand
Red
2020
Drink, youthful
Full Bodied
Dry
13.0% Alcohol
Berry Bros. & Rudd
BB&R
6 x 75cl bottles
BB&R
4 cases
£300.00
UK ONLY
Limited availability
En Primeur
UK ONLY
Limited availability
En Primeur
2020 Te Mata Estate, Coleraine, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand
Red
2020
Lay down
Full Bodied
Dry
13.5% Alcohol
Berry Bros. & Rudd
BB&R
6 x 75cl bottles
BB&R
13 cases
£114.00
UK ONLY
Limited availability
En Primeur
UK ONLY
Limited availability
En Primeur
2021 Te Mata Estate, Elston Chardonnay, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand
White
2021
Drink, youthful
Medium Bodied
Dry
13.5% Alcohol