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Cabernet Merlot Coleraine, Te Mata Estate 2013

RegionNew Zealand
Subregion New Zealand > Hawkes Bay
ColourRed
TypeStill
Grape VarietyCabernet Sauvignon/Merlot

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Tasting Notes

At the risk of this being a cliché, this Coleraine would give Bordeaux classified growths a run for their money. It is a powerful and intense wine, and yet remains elegant and precise. Richly aromatic, giving ripe, black sweet fruit on entry and an attractive herbal note. Densely fruited on the mid palate followed up with abundant sinewy tannins. There's lots of new French oak used in the making of this wine, but it's integrated, adding Christmas cake spice flavors to the mix. Long persistence. This is a baby and is going nowhere fast and will continue to develop for 10 years plus. 56% Cab Sauvignon, 30% Merlot, 14% Cab Franc. 96 points

96
Rebecca Gibb MW, JamesSuckling.com, March 2015

Deep garnet-purple colored, the 2013 Coleraine Cabernet / Merlot reveals a fragrant nose of blackberries, mulberries and blackcurrants with dark chocolate, cigar box and clove nuances. Medium-bodied, the palate is taut and muscular at this early stage with restrained fruit and spice layers supported by an impressively seamless structural line of firm, grainy tannins and great freshness, finishing very long.

93+
Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW, Wine Advocate (222), November 2015

At the risk of this being a cliché, this Coleraine would give Bordeaux classified growths a run for their money. It is a powerful and intense wine, and yet remains elegant and precise. Richly aromatic, giving ripe, black sweet fruit on entry and an attractive herbal note. Densely fruited on the mid palate followed up with abundant sinewy tannins. There's lots of new French oak used in the making of this wine, but it's integrated, adding Christmas cake spice flavors to the mix. Long persistence. This is a baby and is going nowhere fast and will continue to develop for 10 years plus. 56% Cab Sauvignon, 30% Merlot, 14% Cab Franc. 96 points

96
-, JamesSuckling.com, March 2015
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