Te Mata Estate Awatea Cabernet Merlot 2018

Te Mata Estate Awatea Cabernet Merlot 2018Te 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 medium bodied, but dense and full of flavour,

suppressing undesirable weeds

Dahlenberg doesn’t own the place

more everything

concentrated brick-red colour of appropriate maturity

The traction on the palate

which is Margaret River’s best performing wine varietal

this vineyard has been owned by the Giovanni Rosso winery since 1920

Erin Larkin reviews the 2019 Standish The Relic Shiraz Viognier (2:43 into the video)

10% new American and 26% older American

and the grapefruit tension on the finish

8 Trophies and 28 Gold medals have been awarded to this wine

makes it a perfect vintage for exquisitely balanced off-dry Riesling