2021 | Te Mata Estate Coleraine | Hawke's Bay Nahe charming wine that offers demonstrative

charming wine that offers demonstrative drinking out of the gates

The palate is immensely grippy with more white pepper as well as charcoal and brisk red-fruit flavors

and pencil shavings

It displays attractive aromas of spring blossom

It will need a decade of bottle age to hit the early stages of maturity and will evolve for 50 years or more

2021 | Te Mata Estate Coleraine | Hawke's Bay Nahe charming wine that offers demonstrativeRedcurrant and creme de cassis aromas. Roses. So aromatic. Stones. Oyster and mussel shell. Ink pot. Lead pencil shavings. Full bodied but very tight and focused. Linear and long with fine, powdery and chewy tannins. Crushed velvet texture. 56% cabernet sauvignon, 32% merlot, and 12% cabernet franc. More franc than normal in the blend. Terrific length. Try after 2028. 98 Pts James Suckling