Te Mata Estate Merlot Cabernets 2023

Hawke's Bay, North Island

This traditional blend of Bordeaux varieties is an intense deep crimson in colour with fragrant boysenberry and blackberry fruit. Notes of vanilla and cedar, rich plum and cherry unfold in refined, complex layers. Mouth-watering and sophisticated, the soft fine espresso tannins give his stunning wine considerable ageing potential.

Merlot - Cabernet Sauvignon - Cabernet Franc

2023 - 13% abv

Winemaking: The individual parcels of each variety, from each plot, were de-stemmed before a traditional warm fermentation, followed by extended maceration on skins. The resulting wines were pressed, returned to tank for malolactic fermentation, then run off to a mixture of new and seasoned French oak barrels for 8 months' maturation before blending. The wines were regularly topped and racked, throughout maturation, blended and traditionally egg-white fined before bottling. 

Te Mata Estate is New Zealand's leading producer of modern claret, a reputation founded upon the excellence of their flagship wine, Coleraine. 

Originally released by Te Mata in 1982 as a single-vineyard wine, Coleraine was a bold statement of intent – an expression of what New Zealand red wine could become.

A gold-medal winner on its first release, it set a new benchmark for complexity, structure, and longevity, bringing together precision, blending artistry, and true cellar-worthiness. Its reputation has been built not only on longevity in the cellar, but on sustained critical acclaim and international recognition, with top scores, trophies, and inclusion among the world’s most collectable wines. Revered by critics, collectors, and peers alike, it has achieved a rare status: both a national icon and a global benchmark.

Forty vintages on, Coleraine stands as a testament to vision, patience, and the quiet authority of a wine that has never needed to announce its greatness – only to prove it year after year in the glass.

Contains Sulphites