Te Mata Estate Coleraine Cabernet Merlot Hawkes Bay – 2019

Te Mata’s flagship Coleraine Red sells out quickly on release each year. We are proud to be able to offer you their highly acclaimed 2019 vintage.

Coleraine is a Bordeaux-style blend which is made from the winery’s oldest and best plots of vines. It is widely recognised as New Zealand’s top red wine and the only one so far which can truly be described as a fine wine with its own secondary market.

Vintage 2019 was a warm, dry, easy grape-growing season that has produced some of the winery’s most exciting results yet. Time will tell, but this could be one of their best.

Coleraine 2019 is a blend of 59% Cabernet Sauvignon, 37% Merlot and 4% Cabernet Franc. Each parcel of grapes was picked and vinified separately, then aged in French oak barrels for 17 months, before being blended. After blending, the finished wine was matured for a further year in barrel before bottling.

Powerful, deep-set, graceful and complex, Coleraine 2019 has a wide range of flavours and aromas – cassis, dark blackberry and ripe plum together with notes of fresh roses,dark chocolate, espresso and cedar. Multi-layered, fresh, refined and beautifully balanced, it is a celebration of the very best of New Zealand wine!

Winemaker’s tip:- serve with barbecued beef.