Estate Vineyards Merlot/Cabernets '16 ★★★★ - 'An accessible well-made red that's worth drinking now and over the next few years.' 90/100

Estate Merlot/Cabernets '15 - 'A great bottle of wine for the money.' 92 Points

Estate Vineyards Merlot/Cabernets '15 - 'Mulberry, raspberry and blackberry, a crack of pepper and spice, chocolate and liquorice. Dense and flavoursome … it has character and no shortage of interest. Lovely to drink. A great bottle of wine for the money.' 92 POINTS

Merlot/Cabernets '15 ★★★★1/2 - 'Excellent fruit vibrancy combined with delicate oak infusion, wonderfully structured by polished tannins.' 91 Points

Estate Merlot/Cabernets '15 - 'This fragrant French oak-aged Hawke’s Bay red has satisfying body and ripe plum/spice flavours that are vibrant.' WINE OF THE WEEK

Merlot/Cabernets '15 - 'This fragrant French oak-aged Hawke's Bay red has satisfying body and ripe plum/spice flavours that are vibrant...'

Estate Merlot/Cabernets '15 ★★★★ - '... Fragrant, full bodied and vibrantly fruit, with strong, plum berry and spice flavours, delicious young...'

Estate Merlot/Cabernets '15 ★★★★★ - '...Soft with mild tannins and plenty of early drinkability...' 89/100

'With some of the country’s finest wines on its books there’s little doubt that Hawke’s Bay can produce outstanding-quality reds and whites. You’ll now find Hawke’s Bay wines in Michelin restaurants from Paris to Monaco.'

Merlot/Cabernets '15 ★★★★ - 'Carries with vibrancy to a long, lingering blackcurranty finish. An elegant and balanced Merlot blend.' 18.0/20

'My benchmark. Te Mata Estate is the standard by which every other wine producer could be judged. The full range of styles has always been impeccable.'

'If there was Kiwi wine aristocracy, Te Mata would be it. Nestled in the foothills of the Te Mata heritage zone, they make some of the best wines in the country. Independent, family-owned, exclusively Hawke's Bay, and committed to making premium wine on site.'

Merlot/Cabernets '14 ★★★★ - 'A beautifully proportioned Bordeaux-style red; the fragrant bouquet shows red/blue fruit characters with hints of floral, spice and dried herb notes. The palate is succulent and rounded with fine texture, nicely supported by supple tannins. At its best: now to 2019.' 88 Points

Merlot/Cabernets '14 ★★★★ - 'Very dark, deep, purple-hued ruby-red colour. This has a fresh, up-front and bold nose of vibrant and aromatic redcurrant and blackcurrant fruit. Medium-bodied, elegantly concentrated flavours of redcurrants and dark red berry fruit intermingle with blackcurrant, herbs and leafy elements. The fruit is lifted and aromatic, and sweetly juicy. Fine-grained, supple tannins carry the wine to a sustained, textural finish.'

Awatea '14 - '2013 was an outstanding vintage for New Zealand's answer to the Médoc and northern Rhône rolled into one: Hawke's Bay ... 2014 is thought of as potentially even better than the outstanding 2013.'

Merlot/Cabernets '14 - 'Wonderfully elegant, fragrant and snappy. A great value ‘claret’.'

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Merlot/Cabernets ’13 ★★★★ - highly attractive red ... deep and youthful in colour, it’s mouth-filling, fleshy and fruit-packed with concentrated blackcurrant and plum flavours, hints of herbs and dark chocolate and a subtle seasoning of oak.'

Woodthorpe Merlot/ Cabernets- 'Very satisfying depth of fresh berryish fruit flavours, some savoury, spicy complexity – and great drinkability.'

'Although this is modestly priced, it is a serious wine made in earnest. Each parcel of variety and plot was fermented separately with extended maceration on skins, which provides excellent structure to the wine. The finished wine was matured in new and seasoned French oak barrels for 19 months with regular topping up. The youthful nose displays dark plum, blueberry, game and cedar. Complex and fragrant, it’s medium-full on the palate with lovely fruit intensity and fine texture, with a long and silky finish.' 90 points

'Moderately dark ruby-red colour with some depth. The bouquet is Merlot expressive with aromas of savoury and earthy plums, along with dried herb and tobacco elements. Attractive black berry and curranty notes unfold, along with secondary cedar oak spices. Medium-bodied and elegantly proportioned, this mouthfeel is tight and firm. Flavours of spiced plums and dried herb flavours feature, with acid drive. The oaking is prominent and encases the fruit somewhat. This has richness and sweetness within the firmness and grainy textures.' ★★★★

Merlot/ Cabernets '10- 'Te Mata Estate’s biggest seller – and deservedly so.' ★★★★

"A magnificent beauty."

'Te Mata Estate - Four stars out of four. Grand and prestigious. Especially good within it’s price range.'

'Fragrant, lifted and ripe, red berry fruit and floral aromatics... densely concentrated, ripe dark fruit flavours.' 18/20

Merlot/Cabernets '08- 'Has an attractive cedar nose with dark berry fruits, savory, gamey with good definition. The palate broadens out to some lush, black cherry, bilberry and allspice notes.' 90-92 points

'A delightful wine showing dark plum and spice flavours with a beautifully harmonised palate.'

'Mostly merlot, the 2006 vintage is plummy and cedary, medium weighted and provides delicious drinking now and over the next two years.'