2022 Te Mata Estate Vineyards Merlot Cabernets

Te Mata |Hawkes Bay |Merlot
A cracking value Cab-Merlot blend from one of NZ's top wineries, Te Mata.
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The 2022 Te Mata Estate Vineyards Merlot Cabernets is an exceptional value offering from one of New Zealand’s most esteemed producers.

With a blend of 54% Merlot, 39% Cabernet Sauvignon, and 7% Cabernet Franc, this is made in a similar vein to Te Mata's iconic Coleraine and Awatea blends, but in a more approachable, everyday-drinking style.

The nose is full of ripe blackcurrant, plum, and blackberry, with subtle herbal notes of bay leaf and a touch of toasty vanilla. The palate is smooth and balanced, with layers of dark berries, cocoa powder, and earthy undertones. Fine, powdery tannins lead to a long, savoury finish.

Full-bodied yet approachable, this is a polished wine that delivers on both flavour and value - ideal for everyday enjoyment.

The final blend is 54% Merlot, 39% Cabernet Sauvignon and 7% Cabernet Franc.

A bright deep magenta, Estate Merlot/Cabernets ’22 reveals aromas of ripe blackberry, vibrant black cherry, plum, bay leaf and toasty vanilla.

A balanced composition, with layers of concentration, this full-bodied wine shows dark berry fruits on the palate, alongside cocoa powder, earthy undertones and silky, savoury tannins that lead to a long finish. Precise and integrated with succulent fruit, it is immediately drinkable and moreish.

The individual parcels of each variety from each plot were de-stemmed before a traditional warm fermentation, followed by extended maceration on skins. The resulting wines were pressed, returned to tank for malolactic fermentation, then run off to a mixture of new and seasoned French oak barrels for 12 months’ maturation before blending.

The wines were regularly topped and racked throughout maturation, blended and traditionally egg-white fined before bottling.

92 points - "Merlot 54%, Cabernet Sauvignon 39%, with Cabernet Franc 7%. It’s from the Bridge Pa triangle mainly with a little from the Gimblett Gravels and a tiny amount from other sub-regions. The 2021 of this wine is a hard act to follow.

Hazelnut, sweet blue and plum fruit, a little mint and leafiness, a kiss of vanilla. Medium-bodied, blue and red fruits, a grainy chew to cocoa tannin, though softening with time in glass, sappy acidity, a savoury briary character, with tobacco and leaf on a nutty finish of good length. Good wine here, offering a little extra sophistication than is usual at its price point." - Gary Walsh (The Wine Front)

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    Great Cabernet blend

    Fantastic Cabernet blend, particularly for the price. Medium bodied but full flavoured, soft and easy drinking.

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Te Mata Estate

Te Mata Estate has one of the richest winemaking histories in all of New Zealand.

With vineyards planted back as far as 1896, the rich history of this iconic Hawke's Bay producer is enviable in the relatively young NZ wine landscape.

Their wines come exclusively from carefully selected sites across Hawke's Bay. The aim to craft classic, structural wines that are comparable to the very best the world has to offer.

The Te Mata Estate Coleraine is considered by many as NZ's premier Bordeaux blend. A shining jewel in the crown of the Hawke's Bay region.

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