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Served at Queen Elizabeth II’s 80th Jubilee, Elston is Te Mata Estate’s historic expression of Hawke’s Bay Chardonnay, grown from New Zealand’s oldest continuously producing Chardonnay vineyard. Shaped by marine soils, ocean breezes and generations of winemaking, Elston combines richness, freshness and remarkable longevity.
New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc is famous around the world, but there is far more than one expression of the variety. In Hawke’s Bay, warmer days, cool nights, strong sunlight and a long maritime growing season create wines with a distinctive combination of ripe fruit, perfume, texture and freshness. Here, Sauvignon Blanc can be intensely flavoured yet bone dry, with juicy acidity and a generosity of palate that sets it apart.
Lighter, recycled glass bottles are quietly reshaping the environmental footprint of New Zealand wine. For Hawke’s Bay producers like Te Mata Estate, exporting to more than 45 countries, reducing bottle weight and increasing recycled content offers a practical way to cut emissions at scale. It is a simple shift with cumulative impact.
At Te Mata, our work begins in the vineyard and continues through the winery to the finished bottle. It is a continuous process, shaped by land, light and season. Increasingly, it is also shaped by the systems that support how we work, including energy, which sits quietly behind every stage of production.
How much should you pay for a great bottle of wine? Bob Campbell MW considers why some wines command a premium, and whether they are worth it. Te Mata Coleraine makes a particularly good case. From its remarkable debut in 1982 to the anticipation surrounding each new release, Coleraine has become one of New Zealand’s most iconic wines, valued not only by connoisseurs, but by collectors, investors and anyone who appreciates great wine.
This season, we’re using AI-powered image analysis to count individual berries on each cluster, giving us a clearer picture of yield before harvest. By focusing on berry numbers – rather than size – we gain insight into how the vintage is shaping up. Details like this help us translate careful vineyard work into higher-quality wines in the glass.
Our updated Te Mata Estate Cellaring Guide is released every six months and based on tastings from our own cellar, reviewed by our winemaking and management teams. It offers guidance on how our wines evolve over time and highlights optimal drinking windows. The guide reflects our long-standing commitment to crafting wines that reward patience and careful cellaring.
There are wines that introduce a region, and there are wines that define one. Since its first vintage in 1982, Te Mata Estate’s Awatea Cabernet Merlot has played a special role in showing the world what Hawke’s Bay can achieve with Bordeaux varieties. Elegant, complex and unmistakably Te Mata, Awatea has become one of New Zealand’s most admired Cabernet blends.
Te Mata Estate sits beneath the Te Mata Peak in Hawke’s Bay, a place where New Zealand wine history is unusually tangible. Founded in the 1890s, the estate is often described as the country’s oldest winery – yet that claim is frequently misunderstood.
Hawke’s Bay is now part of the global Great Wine Capitals Network, alongside the worlds great wine regions: Bordeaux, California, Mendoza, and more. Explore what this elite alliance of wine regions represents, and why regional identity sits at the heart of Te Mata Estate’s winemaking.
Discover an experience designed for every wine lover, from first-time visitors to serious collectors – and our new Summer Courtyard experience.
