Te Mata Estate 'Coleraine' Hawke's Bay Red Blend 2018 GRENACHE BLANC it is powerful and age-worthy

it is powerful and age-worthy with a steely character and a grey-tinted aura to the faded rose-petal robe

fermented on its skins (with wild /ambient yeast) in small bins for nineteen days and raised in older French and Slovenian oak puncheons (large 500L barrels) for Eight months

Bordeaux University geologist Henri Enjalbert

Aequorin chardonnay and Obelinpinot noir step down from the risers and into the spotlight to deliver the rarest solo performances

The majority of the vineyards are over 40 years old

Te Mata Estate 'Coleraine' Hawke's Bay Red Blend 2018 GRENACHE BLANC it is powerful and age-worthyA deep midnight magenta, Coleraine 2018 is symphonic in its harmony and presence. The aromatics are immediately varietal with grace notes of cassis, raspberry leaf, fresh roses, dark chocolate, lifted black cherry, espresso and cedar. The palate deepens the opening theme. Theres tapenade, darkest blackberry and ripe plum while underneath, quietly, a precise, profound tannin structure resonates. Powerful, deep set, graceful and complex, Coleraine 2018