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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
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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…

We are delivering each week day for free in NZ, and open for orders every day of the week. ‘Click & Collect’ available for Hawke’s Bay customers. Just select ‘Click & Collect’ at checkout online. Make sure you’re signed up to the Te Mata Club here. You can also just email your address and phone
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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
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Each Friday during May 2020 we will be hosting InstagramLive tastings at 5pm. They will be held in different parts of the winery with winemakers and family members and start with the most releases. You can watch @temataestatewinery on Instagram or send questions ahead to [email protected]. All wines discussed are currently available online.  

Open seven days a week through summer – 9am to 5pm during the week, 10am to 5pm on Saturday, and 11am to 4pm on Sunday. Looking for accommodation? Try Hotels Combined. Need to reach us? Just call 0800 836 282 or email [email protected].

First planted in 1999, Te Mata’s twenty-year pinot noir vision comes to fruition with the 1 July global release of Te Mata Estate Alma Pinot Noir. This ambitious multi-decade project reflects Te Mata Estate’s dedication to the highest standards of New Zealand fine wine. These are the first new Te Mata Estate wines released this
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When Te Mata Estate – where the first wines flowed in 1895 – unveiled several of it’s 2017 whites and 2018 reds I was looking for the signs of challenging vintages. the good news is that the 2018s look delicious young and the Coleraine ’17 is as classy as ever.’ COLERAINE ’17 – FIVE STARS Since
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‘The auction of a unique collection of Te Mata Coleraine not only made a stir within the wine media, it also made the record books. The result, which saw the 32-vintage collection of Coleraine fetch $19,000, left Te Mata Estate’s sales and marketing manager Toby Buck smiling. The news raced across the winemaking and wine
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‘Some would say that Te Mata’s Coleraine was the first true iconic wine of New Zealand. The first vintage of Coleraine caused a stir when it came in 1982 but it wasn’t without a precedent. Te Mata Estate had already been making well-respected wines for many years before and the estate, whose first vintage was
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