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,
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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.
