Top Scores for Te Mata

Top Scores for Te Mata

Leading, family-owned, New Zealand wine producer, Te Mata, were delighted with the outstanding set of scores they recently received from the Wine Advocate.

The Wine Advocate awarded 6 vintages of Te Mata’s flagship wine, Coleraine, with scores above 97/100 points, with a further 4 of their wines, including 2 further vintages of Coleraine achieving scores of over 90/100 points.

2021 Te Mata Estate Coleraine: 98/100

‘The 2021 Coleraine is the third in a trio of great vintages and comprises a blend of 56% Cabernet Sauvignon, 32% Merlot and 12% Cabernet Franc.  Ultimately, while I find this vintage to be stylistically aligned with 2020, it is very different in its final impact. It feels to me as if 2021 harnesses the structure and intrigue of 2019 with the creamy lushness of 2020 and puts them together in a burst of balance. This wine is like a star coming into existence—there’s a bang, a burst of light and a settling period—and it’s astoundingly good.’

2022 Te Mata Estate Coleraine: RP 97+

‘A spectacular wine, it’s still looking so primary and young at this early stage. I note the total acidity is akin to the 2013 vintage, and it serves to add an extra layer of freshness to the finish—a little uptick to close, if you will. This is awesome. It gets better every time I taste it.’

2019 Te Mata Estate Coleraine: 97+/100

‘Without a doubt, this is New Zealand’s greatest Cabernet blend, and it more than holds its own on a global stage. It’s super and comes warmly recommended.’

2018 Te Mata Estate Coleraine – 97+/100

‘This 2018 today is the window into both youth and evolution; we can see where it started, in its fete of vibrant youth and energy, but we can also see where it is going, and both views offer pleasure.’

2013 Te Mata Estate Coleraine – 97/100

‘It’s excellent. Lovely fresh acidity through the finish lifts it into the register of graphite/lead pencil.

1991 Te Mata Estate Coleraine – 95/100

‘The wine today exhibits all the same tannic structure and texture of the current-day Coleraines, further emphasizing to me this wine’s greatness, its aptitude for graceful aging and my confidence in it as a true fine wine of the world’.

2007 Te Mata Estate Coleraine – 95/100

‘The wine’s defining and most attractive feature is its tannic structure, neatly tucked into the oak, which at this point, and at all points of its evolution, feels seamlessly supportive.’

2023 Te Mata Estate Bullnose Syrah – 94/100

‘As ever, this is an impressive wine from this Cabernet-focused house in Hawke’s Bay. As usual, the tannins are chalky and supple through the middle palate, and they serve to define the finish.’

1992 Te Mata Estate Bullnose Syrah – RP 94

The 1992 Bullnose Syrah was Winemaker Phil Brodie’s first vintage at Te Mata, and the wine is all cocoa, dark chocolate, hung deli meat, clove, star anise and nutmeg. It has evolved into an older wine today; however, the palate remains silky and fine, tempered by cracked autumn leaves, pomegranate molasses, tapenade, lotus leaf, sweet tobacco and crushed gravels. Chalky tannins have been all but decimated by time and are now fully embossed into the fruit. It has blood orange and sweet, smoky marrow through the finish.

About Te Mata

Te Mata Estate was established in 1896 and remains family-owned, creating small batches of internationally recognised wines from their Hawkes Bay vineyards and in New Zealand’s oldest wine cellar