2023 Te Mata Estate Coleraine Cabernet Merlot 750ml
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Awards, Ratings & Reviews
98/100 — Erin Larkin, Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate · 2023 Vintage, Tasted January 2025
“With raspberry, iodine, crushed shells, nori, pressed flowers, new lead pencil, tobacco, bramble and cassis, it is magnificent.”
97/100 — James Suckling, JamesSuckling.com · 2023 Vintage, Tasted June 2025
“Extremely expressive… medium-bodied with lovely finesse and fine, caressing tannins that are very long in the finish.”
96/100 — Huon Hooke, The Real Review · 2023 Vintage, Tasted September 2025
“Rich and rounded, supple and fleshy, with plenty of fine-grained tannin but no sign of astringency.”
95+/100 — Gary Walsh, The Wine Front · 2023 Vintage, Tasted December 2024
“Blackcurrant, dried herbs, nori, tobacco, pencil and liquorice… with a very long finish. Wonderful perfume.”
About This Wine
Coleraine is Te Mata Estate’s flagship red wine, first produced in 1982, and made from a selection of the finest parcels from the estate’s oldest vineyards, first planted in 1892.
The 2023 vintage was hand harvested from Te Mata Estate’s Hawke’s Bay vineyards between 31 March and 17 April 2023. The final blend is 80% Cabernet Sauvignon, 15% Merlot and 5% Cabernet Franc.
Tasting Notes
A regal brilliant magenta hue with blackcurrant and brooding complexity on an immensely concentrated palate. Raspberry, white flowers, soy and espresso emerge alongside driftwood smoke, delivering an intense, tannin-rich and sculptured wine with remarkable length.
About the Winery
Established in 1896, Te Mata Estate remains family owned and produces estate-grown, estate-bottled wines exclusively from its historic Hawke’s Bay vineyards.
Specifications
- Vintage: 2023
- Grape Variety: Cabernet Sauvignon 80%; Merlot 15%; Cabernet Franc 5%
- Region: Hawke’s Bay / North Island / New Zealand
- Fermentation: Traditional warm-plunged fermentation with extended maceration
- Maturation: 17 months in predominantly new French oak barrels
- Alcohol: 13.5%
- Sweetness: Dry
- Closure: Cork
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