Hawkes Bay

Opaque purple in colour and a richly fruited nose jumps from the glass.  Hints of pepper and spice.  Rich medium palate, lovely coating mouthfeel, fruit profile is Morello cherry and red fruit – tannins seamlessly integrated.  The wine is rich and yet has a lovely fluidity on the back palate, 2018 – 2020.
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.

2009 Coleraine from the wonderful Te Mata estate is rather restrained and slightly closed on the nose, but shows deep, rich notes of tar, damsons and just a touch of bramble, a little hint of oak but overall neat and well appointed. This order and structure is replicated on the palate where the fruit, which is extraordinarily pure, brings with it a warmth and luxury. The spice of the oak is well integrated and climbs hand in hand with the fine, almost feminine tannins which slowly close the palate. Beneath this there is a dark minerality adding another layer of complexity to this excellent wine.

This has all the attributes to mature very well over the coming ten years, but I believe this will be at its very best in six to eight years.
Gary Owen, Fine Wine Sales Advisor

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