Te Mata Estate Awatea Cabernet Merlot 2019

Te Mata Estate Awatea Cabernet Merlot 2019Te Mata Estate was established in 1896, specialising in high quality wines of classical style. The winery remains family owned, producing internationally recognized wines exclusively from its Hawke's Bay vineyards. Te Mata produce two classic blends of cabernet sauvignon, merlot and cabernet franc; Coleraine which is regarded by many as New Zealand's finest red wine and its younger brother Awatea. "It's the best Awatea I can recall tasting. I'm

Much of the property was planted to grenache

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Ian finally resigned from Moss Wood in 2006

It was 1975 when he produced his first few hogsheads of wine

Marshmallow sugar seems to dust a bowl of perfectly blended black and blue berries

Oh Coleraine

with dark plum here too

As a general rule with the Giant Steps single vineyard Pinot Noir "We try to do as much whole bunch as we can get away with

Yangarra’s winemaker

sandalwood and cassis

yet super fine and somehow more lacy than ever

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