Congratulations to everyone involved. We sold our Syrah blend The Patron’s Lot for 6K and our 2018 Cabernet Celebration for 9K – the two highest earning lots in this year’s event.
A record total was acheived in 2019 for Cranford Hospice due to the great organisation and team, plus all the many generous bidders! Thanks to all!
Established at Te Mata Estate in 1994, the New Zealand Poet Laureate position recognises New Zealand poets and supports their role in taking our culture to the world.
Out thanks to Selina Tusitala March for her amazing work, and congratulations to David Egglestone who has recently taken up the role.
David’s inauguration will be held at Matahiwi Marae in Hawke’s Bay in April 2020.
Reds have been fermented and now heading to barrel
‘Te Mata Estate’s Coleraine is a New Zealand national treasure. Since its first vintage in 1982, Coleraine has been a benchmark for Cabernet-centric reds made in New Zealand, with a remarkable track record for high quality and age-worthiness. Consistency of quality and style – silky textures, savory-and-sweet fruit balance, and lively acidity – have been the hallmarks since day one.
Te Mata Coleraine is an ever-evolving wine, as its vineyards mature and small refinements are made to winemaking. Phil Brodie and the Buck family are tasked with keeping this legendary New Zealand wine estate on track and there is no reason that they won’t.’
A single Coleraine bottle from 1982 sold for $760 at auction this week. The highest price we’ve seen for a Coleraine yet. The Webb’s Auction topped last years record of $650.
Coleraine ’82 was $12.50NZD on release.
With an exceptionally warm, classic, long summer – Vintage 2018 gave us an explosion of flavour and colour!
At the start of March we started picking chardonnay and sauvignon blanc. Continued sunshine gave us the chance to keep ripening our reds right through until 20 April. The reds have incredibly deep colours and ripe, round, tannins, and the whites are already looking very fresh with intense, ripe flavours. Try the Estate Vineyards Sauvignon Blanc ’18 to see the result!
Coleraine ’18 – ‘Very deep, concentrated, bright purple/red colour. The bouquet is exquisite with a multitude of black fruits, blueberry, cassis, violet and cedar aromas, and much more besides. The detail is outstanding, as is the intensity of the palate. It’s very concentrated and powerful, firmly-structured and has tremendous persistence. The tannins are firm and abundant and will help guarantee a long life, but they are ripe and accessible and the wine is already approachable. (52% cabernet sauvignon, 33% merlot, 15% cabernet franc) 2023–2048.’
98 Points ★★★★★
2020 was simply perfect. With low rainfall and fabulous weather 2020 will go down in the history books as one of the best on record. In fact, according to Te Mata Estate CEO Nick Buck – this is the best in Te Mata’s history.
Read the Technical Report from Te Mata’s Senior Winemaker Phil Brodie here…
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2019 was a warm, dry, easy grape-growing season that has produced some of our most exciting results yet.
Budbreak, flowering and veraison (colour change) were all early. December was warm, and January very warm, with 10 days around or just over 30 degrees.
Good early soil moisture and warm temperatures created big grape canopies and great ripeness. Warm nights lead to very few dews or fogs, contributing to the luxury of this fairly relaxed harvest. Dry, settled weather enabled all blocks of grapes to be picked at ideal ripeness in a far more leisurely fashion than usual.
Sauvignon blanc and chardonnay were picked between 14 and 22 March, well ripened and in superb condition. The young wines exhibit ripe stone fruit and citrus aromas and flavours and impressive palate weight.
Soils continued to dry giving the vital stress conditions necessary to maximise colour, flavour and tannin concentration in the reds. These were picked almost every day from the 25 March until finishing on the 14 April. They already show excellent flavour, great colour and tannin.
2019 is a very good vintage. We’re excited to get these out. Time will tell, but this could be one of our best.
Download our full technical report from winemaker Peter Cowley here…
