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Coleraine '22 - "Perfectly proportioned"
Coleraine '22 - "Perfectly proportioned"
Read more...- TE MATA COLERAINE 2022 PRE-RELEASE SALE! SAVE with our special pre-release price (ends Friday 1st March) - order today with the wine dispatched week commencing first week of March.
- Coleraine '22 - the 38th release of the wine Decanter magazine recently labelled as "New Zealand's First Growth"
- 97/100 (Bob Campbell MW) - "Elegant red that seems to get better every vintage"
- 99/100 (Huon Hooke, The Real Review) - "A great wine, that will richly reward long-term cellaring"
- 98/100 (Sam Kim) - "Perfectly proportioned, this 2022 has the majestic feel that each previous Coleraine possess"
- Each magnum individually wrapped in Coleraine branded, vintage dated tissue and packaged in a Te Mata branded wooden box
James Suckling – 96 Points
Sam Kim – 98 Points
Huon Hooke – 5 Stars
Bob Campbell MW – 5 Stars
Michael Cooper 5 Stars
RRP $399
$349.99
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No.1 NZ & International Bordeaux Red - Cuisine magazine!
No.1 NZ & International Bordeaux Red - Cuisine magazine!
Read more...- GOOD WINE & CHEESE! Simply purchase $140 or more of selected Church Road and St Hugo and receive a FREE Whitestone 4-Cheese Tin Selection worth $40.00! Click here for more details.
- 5 Stars & No.1 NZ & International Bordeaux Red (Cuisine magazine 2023) - "Exceptional"
- Winner of 4 Gold medals here in NZ and overseas
- 93/100 (Bob Campbell MW) - "Quite a rich, textural and almost grainy red with blackberry, plum, cassis, smoky oak, dark chocolate/cacao powder, and nutty oak"
- High quality Cabernet & Merlot blend from the 2020 Hawke's Bay vintage, aged 20 months in French oak
- Dark, dense, bold Hawke's Bay red with big cellaring potential of up to ten years
Gold medal winner
The National Wine Awards of Aotearoa NZ – Gold
Bob Campbell MW – 4 Stars
China Wine & Spirits – Gold
New World Wine Awards Gold
Cuisine 5 Stars
RRP $52.99
$39.99
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"A big, muscular cabernet that is more about house style than grape variety. Great value."
"A big, muscular cabernet that is more about house style than grape variety. Great value."
Read more...- Full bodied blend of Cab Sauv, Shiraz and a splash of Malbec from Langhorne Creek
- 93/100 (Huon Hooke, The Real Review)
- "A big, muscular cabernet that is more about house style than grape variety. Great value." (Huon Hooke, The Real Review)
- Try with a rich, red meat or game dish like a Moroccan lamb shank or roast pheasant
The Real Review – Top Rank
The Real Review – 4 Stars
James Halliday 94 Points
RRP $49.99
$32.99
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A little legend from Bordeaux.
A little legend from Bordeaux.
Read more...- Cabernet Sauvignon (50%) and Merlot (50%) blend from Bordeaux, France
- Produced by Domaines Barons de Rothschild Lafite (aka DBR) - wine making royalty of the Bordeaux region!
- The Lafite history dates back to the 1700s when Robert Walpole (Britain's first Prime Minister) used to buy a barrel every few months
- The "Les Legendes R" range is an every day, value for money range of Bordeaux reds and whites
RRP $32.99
$25.99
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Mills Reef's flagship Bordeaux blend!
Mills Reef's flagship Bordeaux blend!
Read more...- Mills Reef's flagship range, only released under this label when the fruit is top notch
- Classic Bordeaux blend of Cabernet & Merlot, using premium fruit from their Mere Road vineyard in Hawke's Bay
- 93/100 (Bob Campbell MW) - "Attractive red with bright fruit flavours in the style of Gimblett Gravels...Solid, accessible and pleasingly intense wine"
- 93/100 (Stephen Wong MW) - "Ripe and concentrated blackcurrant core, powerful, dense and long"
The Real Review – 4 Stars
Bob Campbell MW – 4 Stars
RRP $55
$44.99
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This is all rich, spicey sweet berry fruits! Absolutely delish!
This is all rich, spicey sweet berry fruits! Absolutely delish!
Read more...- Cabernet Franc from Askerne in Hawke's Bay
- Medium bodied, red fruits and spice, a class act for the money
- Boutique Hawke's Bay producer - named after the spa town in Yorkshire, north England
The National Wine Awards of Aotearoa NZ – Silver
RRP $29.99
$27.99
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"A wine with a real sense of soul...set for a very long life"
"A wine with a real sense of soul...set for a very long life"
Read more...- The very, very best that Elephant Hill produce! Bordeaux blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Cabernet Franc
- Aged 24 months in oak, further aged in bottle before release, cellar to 2040
- 95/100 (Bob Campbell MW), 98/100 (Sam Kim), 5 Stars (Michael Cooper)
- "A wine with a real sense of soul, it is already approachable, but set for a very long life. Best drinking 2027+" (Michael Cooper)
Sam Kim – 98 Points
Huon Hooke – 4 Stars
Bob Campbell MW – 5 Stars
Michael Cooper 5 Stars
$120.00
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"Mouthfilling, vibrantly fruity and firmly structured, with strong, ripe blackcurrant, berry, plum and spice flavours. Open 2021+"
"Mouthfilling, vibrantly fruity and firmly structured, with strong, ripe blackcurrant, berry, plum and spice flavours. Open 2021+"
Read more...- From the world famous Gimblett Gravels in Hawke's Bay (they produce some seriously good Bordeaux style reds in this part of the world)
- 4 1/2 Stars (Michael Cooper)
- "The 2016 vintage (4.5*) was blended from almost equal portions of Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot. A full-coloured, youthful red, with good substance, it is mouthfilling, vibrantly fruity and firmly structured, with strong, ripe blackcurrant, berry, plum and spice flavours. Open 2021+." (Michael Cooper)
- Great with game and red meat as well as hearty pasta dishes
Michael Cooper 4.5 Stars
RRP $31.99
$24.99
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He is George.
He is George.
Read more...- 90/100 (Huon Hooke, The Real Review)
- "Deep red colour with a tinge of purple. The bouquet fresh and cassisy, with a tinge of mint, and lots of berry aromas and flavours...It has the makings of a fine bottle. It just needs time (2021-2031)"
- Produced by George Wyndham, using Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot fruit from the Limestone Coast, South Australia
Huon Hooke – 4 Stars
RRP $23
$19.99
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"It promises to age gracefully"
"It promises to age gracefully"
Read more...- One of New Zealand's top Bordeaux blend reds and extremely limited in supply
- 97/100 (Bob Campbell MW, The Real Review) - "It promises to age gracefully."
- The Quary is 87% Cabernet Sauvignon, 7% Merlot and 6% Cabernet Franc, aged 18 months
- Cellar for 10-30 years from vintage
The Real Review – Top Rank
Bob Campbell MW – 5 Stars
$160.00
