Te Mata Coleraine Cabernet Merlot 2014
Wine Specs
Vintage
2014
Sugar
Dry
Acid
5.8
pH
3.54
Bottling Date
1753-01-01
Alcohol %
13.5
In Stock
Tasting Note
Aroma
Immediate perfume of violets and dark roses.
ClosureCork
GrapeCabernet Sauvignon, Merlot
Grape Variety
60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 28% Merlot, 12% Cabernet Franc
Maturation
The resulting wines were then run to predominately new French oak barrels for 17 months’ maturation. Throughout this time, they were regularly topped and racked.
Oaked0
Palate
Deep, floral fruit, rolling waves of ripe berries, cassis, mocha and cedar-spice instantly evoke the grandeur and charm of classic cabernet.
VarietalV_CABERNETBLEND
Vinification
Each parcel of grapes was destemmed before a traditional warm, plunged fermentation and extended maceration on skins.
RegionHawkes Bay - New Zealand
Region CodeINZAHAWKES
Region Notes
Hawkes Bay, New Zealand
State
Subregion
WinemakerPeter Cowley
Wine StyleRed (Full Bodied)
Stephen Tanzer
91
2016/06/13
Wine Searcher, May 2016
Perfumed scents of cassis, crushed raspberry, bay leaf, tobacco leaf
and curry powder. With a firm spine of ripe tannins, this wine has the
structure to support a long and graceful evolution in bottle.
Boasts excellent intensity … terrific depth to
its flavors of dark berries, flowers and spices
Sam Kim
100
2016/02/20
Wine Orbit, February 2016
Back to perfection.
Campbell Mattinson
97
2016/07/20
The Wine Front, June 2015
A Triumph!!
Andy Howard MW
0
2016/11/01
Decanter, October 2016
Many critics consider it up there with the best bordeaux blends in the world. The original intention may have been to mirror the top Cru Classe but, today Corelaine has evolved its own style
Campbell Mattinson
97
2016/07/20
The Wine Front, June 2015
A Triumph!!
Andy Howard MW
0
2016/11/01
Decanter, October 2016
Many critics consider it up there with the best bordeaux blends in the world. The original intention may have been to mirror the top Cru Classe but, today Corelaine has evolved its own style
Michael Cooper
0
2016/02/06
michaelcooper.co.nz, Februrary 2016
Dark and powerful, with dense flavours of blackcurrants, plums, spices and dark chocolate, firm, ripe tannins and great complexity. It’s already very expressive and will flourish with cellaring.
Bob Campbell MW
98
2016/03/06
bobcampbell.co.nz, 2016
Rich, quite dense and predictably classy wine, with red and black berry fruits, spice, anise and spicy oak flavours. Beautifully structured red - high energy with lovely integration of fruit and oak. A wine that more than lives up to its stellar reputation.
Mike Bennie
97
2016/03/22
The Wine Front, 03 February 2016
An absolute pleasure to taste. Dried roses and violets, pencil cases and cedar, black raspberry, blackcurrant, liquorice tea and chai – just magnificent to smell. Medium bodied, saturates the mouth with flavour and ultra-fine toothsome tannin, acidity is weaved through the wine like magic – all minerally and perfumed – spread of graphite tannin runs through its superb length. This is up there. Like Margaux.
What a wine ... A triumph!
Decanter
91
2016/10/10
11 October 2016
The second hottest and second earliest vintage on record, 2014 is a stunning follow up to the 2013...
Lester Jesberg
0
2016/03/31
Winewise, April 2016
Flashes of purple in the colour
through the intense blackcurrant,
blueberry, plum and tobacco
aromas to the opulent,
supremely fine-grained palate.
Wine Specs
Vintage
2014
Sugar
Dry
Acid
5.8
pH
3.54
Bottling Date
1753-01-01
Alcohol %
13.5
Wine Profile
Awards
Sam Kim
100
2016/02/20
Wine Orbit, February 2016
Back to perfection.