Established in 1896, Te Mata Estate remains family owned, producing internationally recognised wines exclusively from its Hawkes Bay vineyards. Under the direction of John Buck, Te Mata Estate has, over nearly thirty years, produced a stunning array of red and white wines including famous labels such as Coleraine, Awatea cabernets/Merlots, Bullnose Syrah, Elston Chardonnay, Cape Crest Sauvignon Blanc and Zara Viognier. In 2012 Te Mata Estate launched Estate Vineyards, a collection sourced exclusively from their own vineyards and blended to represent the best qualities of their variety.
Te Mata Estate is New Zealand’s leading producer of modern Bordeaux varietals, a reputation founded, since 1982, upon the excellence of our flagship wine, Coleraine. This traditional blend of Bordeaux varieties is a consistently rewarding, complex wine showing ripe blackcurrant, plum and chocolate flavours with a supple and sustained palate.
Vinification
The individual lots were each destemmed and given a traditional warm-plunged fermentation. The resulting wines underwent extended maceration on skins before
pressing and then a secondary malolactic fermentation. The separate wines were then run to a mixture of new and seasoned French oak barriques for 14 months’ maturation.
During this time, they were regularly topped and racked, before blending and then bottling in October.
Tasting Notes
Brilliant amethyst with a deep black core, Bullnose Syrah ’19 glimmers with raspberry,
ripe black cherry, and dried strawberry over lush velvet tannins. There are grace notes
of black pepper, chocolate, liquorice, lilac, even char and baking spices, with the
structure and elegance contributing to undeniable ageing potential. Ripe-fruited. Taut.
Silky. Bullnose Syrah ’19 is utter class. A black velvet beauty.
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