Te Mata Estate Merlot Cabernet 2023

Description

Established in 1896, Te Mata Estate remains family owned, producing internationally recognized wines exclusively from its Hawke’s Bay vineyards. The Estate’s ownership varied frequently until John and Wendy Buck acquired it in 1978. John and Wendy instigated a twenty-year development program, which commenced with the restoration of the original winery building and the replanting of all of the original vineyards, as well as the acquisition of new vineyard sites.

The range of temperature and soil types, allied with the rainfall band between 650-850mm, create conditions to produce high quality wines of a classic range akin to those of coastal, central and northern France. Te Mata wines are similar in weight and balance but with unique lifted floral and fruit aromas.

Te Mata winery has been ranked ‘Top Winery in New Zealand’ evidenced by the consistent quality of the Coleraine and Awatea Cabernet Merlot wines, the Bull Nose Syrah and the Elston Chardonnay.

Sourced exclusively from Te Mata Estates own vineyards, the Estate Vineyards wines represent the best qualities of their variety, vintage and Hawkes Bay origin.

Showing pure crimson red, the Estate Merlot Cabernets ‘23 has a wonderfully aromatic and complex nose of red and black plums and wild berries layered with dried herbs, spice and cedar. The palate is soft and enticing, mid-weight and balanced with beautifully ripe raspberries and plum to the fore with powdery tannins and a savoury complexity finishing long and satisfying.

Brand new release!   Review for 2022 .. 92 points, Gary Walsh The Wine Front “..Hazelnut, sweet blue and plum fruit, a little mint and leafiness, a kiss of vanilla. Medium-bodied, blue and red fruits, a grainy chew to cocoa tannin, though softening with time in glass, sappy acidity, a savoury briary character, with tobacco and leaf on a nutty finish of good length. Good wine here, offering a little extra sophistication than is usual at its price point.”

RRP $35   Our Special Dozen Price $23.99 when you buy 12 or more of this wine