Te Mata Estate Chardonnay

Cruise to the top of Hawke’s Bay’s Te Mata peak and, funnily enough, you’ll be able to spot Te Mata estate. It’s the home of some of The Bay’s most legendary wines – like Coleraine, Bullnose and their Elston Chardonnay that consistently ranks as some of the best in the country with all the top wine scribblers.

But if $40+ a bottle stretches the purse strings a bit far for a bottle of their world class Elston there’s no shame in hooking into their Estate Chardonnay which critic Michael Cooper calls “Consistently attractive wine”.

If you’re a Te Mata drinker from way back you might remember it as Te Mata Woodthorpe Chardonnay? Woodthorpe’s no longer in the name but they still use fruit from the Woodthorpe Terraces as well as vineyards in the Bridge Pa Triangle and Havelock Hills.

The Te Mata crew said “Balanced by the signature racy freshness characteristic of ripe and fine Hawke’s Bay Chardonnay, making the Estate Chardonnay 2024 a standout. Estate Chardonnay ’24 will continue to evolve in bottle for two to four years from harvest.”

The wine’s as reliable as its always been. It’s a style Michael Cooper called “generous, ripe, peachy, gently toasty flavours” We say it’s the kind of style we love to bust out with our full flavoured white meat, fish and seafood dishes.