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Te Mata Estates Cab/Merlot Coleraine 2014 750ml

Name: Te Mata Estates Cab/Merlot Coleraine 2014 750ml
Brand: Te Mata Estates
SKU: 782614
Price: 62.24 USD
Availability: OutOfStock
Rating: 96 (4 reviews)

size

750ml

country

New Zealand

region

Hawkes Bay

4 Ratings

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2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013

Rated 96 by Decanter

2013 was a hard act to follow and yet this warm, dry season has produced wines of similar concentration, and more structure, than the earlier harvest. If 2013 is a classic new world style then 2014 leans toward the more savoury, elegant and perfumed Bordeaux model - an example of elegance on a grand scale. It's a heady mix of ripe berry fruits, fresh herbs and floral characters. A stylish, concentrated wine with great potential. Drinking Window 2018 - 2038. ... More details

Te Mata Estates Cab/Merlot Coleraine 2014 750ml

Rated 96 by Decanter

Rated 96 by James Suckling

There's an element of expertise to this wine in the form of slick new-French-oak polish and handy freshness. Distinctive leafy aromas abound, as do gravely nuances and tinges of violets, blueberries, blue cherries and cassis. A class act. The palate has layers of fine, dense and ripe tannins saturated in dark-cherry, cassis and blueberry flavors. The acidity is pitch-perfect, too. This is a stylish modern cabernet that could compete with the best from any continent. Best from 2020-2030+.

Rated 94 by Wine Advocate

The medium-bodied 2014 Coleraine is a blend of 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 28% Merlot and 12% Cabernet Franc. Svelte and streamlined, it's medium-bodied, with fabulous aromas of violets, dried herbs and cassis, with flavors to match, and it has a long finish lined with deceptively silky tannins. Although it's darn approachable now, it should drink well for two decades.

Rated 91 by Vinous Media

Finally, a 2014 Coleraine from Te Mata in New Zealand, still very young but sporting fresh, pure red fruit on the nose and primal, sappy redcurrant and strawberry on the palate that obviously needs another two or three years.

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Te Mata Estates Cab/Merlot Coleraine 2014 750ml

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Winery Te Mata Estates

Region: Hawkes Bay

New Zealand is a fascinating country when it comes to New World wines, and there are few wine regions within New Zealand with as much dedication to quality, heritage and history as that of Hawkes Bay, situated in the northern part of the northern island. In Hawkes Bay, wineries have been planting and processing fine imported grape varietals for over a hundred and fifty years, and making characterful and flavorful wines from the Chardonnay, Riesling and Cabernet Sauvignon grapes which flourish under the hot sunshine and in the mineral rich soils which typify the region. The past couple of decades have seen much expansion in Hawkes Bay, and the seven sub-regions the bay is split into have all increased their production to meet growing international interest and demand.

Country: New Zealand

When it comes to New World wines, few countries can compete with Europe quite as well as New Zealand, where modern techniques and technologies are allowing wineries to get the very best results from the wide range of imported grape varieties which flourish there. The warm, sunny climate coupled with brisk oceanic winds and remarkably fertile volcanic soils produce grapes of exceptional quality, and New Zealand wines are notable for their ability to carry the terroir they are grown on into the bottle. Whilst the Sauvignon Blanc wines are probably the most widely exported and popular to come out of new Zealand, fantastic results have been produced from the Bordeaux style wines made in the Auckland region, and the Pinot Noir wines of Central Otago. These Pinot Noir wines are far more fleshy than their Burgundy counterparts, and are probably best enjoyed when young, and bursting with the fruit flavors they carry so well.