Te Mata Estate Coleraine 2019

Te Mata Estate Coleraine 2019Te Mata Estate was acquired by John Buck in 1974 and the Buck family have been producing Te Mata wines ever since. Coleraine is named after John's family ancestral hometown in Northern Ireland. Coleraine is Te Mata Estate's flagship wine and is regarded by many as New Zealand's finest red wine. First produced in 1982, Coleraine is a classic blend of cabernet sauvignon, merlot and cabernet franc. "Destined for a long life, this majestic offering shows

The wines fine tannins

edgy and spicy

The vineyard is planted on deep alluvial clay loam soils on the original Langhorne Creek flood plain

30% Calvert

dense purple/red colour with a smoky

and a Hunter Valley semillon

Art Series chardonnay is a wine with uncommon finesse and it underlines just how great the 2014 vintage was for Margaret River and its top white wines

all transforms

Very lively and buoyant with good acidity in harmony and plenty of drive and persistence

Halliday Wine Companion - 97 points and Top 100 Wines of 2009

plentiful ripe tannins and mocha-roasted chestnut and vanilla oak notes

A lovely old stone apple shed is the cellar door and upper section of the upgraded winery