Hawkes Bay

Dark, ruby-tinged red. Perfumed scents of cassis, crushed raspberry, bay leaf, tobacco leaf and curry powder. Boasts excellent intensity and thrust but still youthfully dumb and clenched in the mid-palate. But this wine boasts terrific depth to its flavors of dark berries, flowers and spices. With a firm spine of ripe tannins, this wine has the structure to support a long and graceful evolution in bottle.
Stephen Tanzer - Vinous, February 2016

Another superb Bordeaux blend from Te Mata estate. The nose bursts with blackberry, cassis and Damson fruit with a lovely garrigue, thyme note in the background. The medium bodied palate is superbly balanced with great acidity, blackcurrant fruit, rich textured and yet lifted. A great Coleraine and will deserve at least another 5 years cellaring.
Stuart Rae, Commercial Manager, Berry Bros. & Rudd

Te Mata Estate is New Zealand's oldest winery, dating from the early 1890s.  Te Mata is best known for its Bordeaux blend, ‘Coleraine’. This is widely regarded in New Zealand as the country’s greatest red wine.  It has all the richness one would expect from the New World but with an Old World savouriness and poise

The Coleraine 2010 has a youthful dark crimson colour and displays Coleraine’s gorgeous floral aromas, together with macerated blackberries woven with graphite and thyme. The palate is pure and very precise, building in intensity, with a long fine tannin structure providing great length. A blend of 58% Cabernet Sauvignon, 36% Merlot, and 6% Cabernet Franc, it will continue to develop in bottle and provide great enjoyment up to 15 years from harvest.

Lots of pulpy, bright cassis fruit on the nose. Toasty as well from the 18 months in barrel (French oak, mostly new). Lots of brambly black fruit on the palate. Tannins are perfectly ripe and integrated. Very complete mouth feel and lingering finish. Bitter chocolate note on finish with a fresh redcurrant acidity. Superb this year. Give it a couple of years in the cellar.
Fergus Stewart - Private Account Manager
 
The nose is rich, opulent and broad; but has the detail and intricacies that vintages such as 2009 now have. On the palate one could be forgiven for thinking that this is a top level Medoc Claret in a great vintage. Such is the palate saturating, rich, complex fruit character. There is a wonderful wave of fine, ripe tannins just waiting to unfurl, which when they do is like a whirlwind on the palate. There is great freshness and coolness to this wine and although I haven’t re-tasted their last few efforts recently I am more than happy to declare this the best I’ve tasted.
Gary Owen - Private Account Manager