Te Mata Coleraine 2024

Bewertungen

Einer der "Grand Cru" Neuseelands (Tipuranga Teitei o Aotearoa). Kritiker über den Te Mata Coleraine 2024:

Sam Kim, Wine Orbit: 100/100. This is a masterpiece, much like a great work of art. The bouquet shows cassis, dark plum, bouquet garni, baking spice, rich floral, and cedar characters. It’s concentrated with exceptional depth and mouth-coating texture, wonderfully framed by finely polished tannins. It’s perfectly proportioned and gracefully powerful, combining scintillating fruit purity with seductive complexity. The wine flows seamlessly to a persistent, structured finish.

James Suckling (JamesSuckling.com): 98/100. Superlative balance. Aromas of blackberries, currants, blueberries, graphite and dark tobacco with hints of bark, violets and licorice. Medium-bodied with ultra-fine velvety tannins and a seamless, cashmere texture. So caressing and polished. Bright and vivid at the end. ... You could drink this tonight and enjoy it, but it will age.

Dave Brookes, Halliday Wine Companion: 98/100. Deep magenta/crimson with enticing aromas of pure blackberry, damson plum, black cherry and blackcurrant fruits over hints of fine spice, dried tobacco, pencil case, crème de cassis, gentle crushed meadow herbs, violets, cocoa nibs, cedar, vanilla bean and earth. Such an elegant, graceful presentation of ripe black fruits on the palate, slender and supple, layered and kinetic. This has superfine powdered-gravel tannins and a finish that seems to roll forever. A classic from a superb vintage, this is just a no-brainer and a wine that sits right at the top of the New Zealand fine-wine hierarchy.

Gary Walsh, The Wine Front (Dec 2025): 97+/100. Deep dark wine, black and red fruit, chocolate and ironstone, some creamy and spicy cedar oak, dried flowers, some minty perfume, slight roasted red capsicum and pimento. It’s medium to full-bodied, crisp ‘mineral’ acidity, lavish graphite tannin, tobacco and nori, a fresh blackberry nip to it, brooding and ferrous, with a firm and savoury finish of superb length. An exceptional wine. It will keep, probably, for as long as you want to keep it, if you can keep your hands off it, that is. Drink 2028-2049+

Stephen Wong MW (The Real Review): 97/100. Deep ruby with a purple rim. Quite closed and reticent until given considerable aeration and time in the glass. Once unfurled, this displays impressive amounts of restrained power, depth and persistence. The compact core of blackcurrant, rose and raspberry is swaddled in gossamer layers of cedar, dried tobacco, freshly ground coffee, dried orange peel and wet stone. Everything is precisely balanced and polished to sleekness; the firmly structural tannins and oak completely submerged and velvety. Majestically long yet not a blockbuster, the finish unfolds like a symphony, reprising every nuance and flavour hidden within its youthful shell, equal parts power, elegance and poise. Arguably approachable now but it will be considerably better with a few years in bottle.

VINOUS - Rebecca Gibb MW: 95/100. The 2024 Coleraine is young and rich but naturally refreshing. Vanilla and cedar oak flavours are prominent in its youth, but its density and richness of fruit will take over with time in bottle. The tannins are abundant but resolved and delectable, even at this early stage. A small splash of Cabernet Franc enhances the midweight, substantial palate with graphite notes, floral lift and a plait of tension. The long and very satisfying finish leaves black plum, black olive, licorice and vanilla tones. Having recently tasted the 1982 blind, I think it's safe to assume that the 2024 has decades and decades ahead of it, but will find its sweet spot in 15-25 years. This is a wine to get to know over several years rather than several glasses.

Verkostungsnotiz:

Ein tiefes, brillantes Karmesinrot mit einem lebendigen violetten Kern: Der Coleraine '24 eröffnet mit einem betörenden Bouquet aus frischen Rosen, Cassis, dunklen Kirschen und Brombeeren. Schichten von dunkler Schokolade, Nori-Alge, schwarzer Olive und dezentem Zedernholz verleihen ihm Komplexität, während florale Noten und eine feine, salzig-maritime Nuance seine Tiefe, Präzision und Schönheit unterstreichen. Am Gaumen fließt eine konzentrierte Welle von roten und dunklen Früchten über samtige Kakao-Texturen, während sich ausladende, seidige Tannine nahtlos in den Wein einfügen. Diese enorme Dimension wird von einer feinen, fokussierten Säurelinie getragen, die in ein Finale von außergewöhnlicher Länge mündet. Mit immenser Kraft, die in eleganter Zurückhaltung gehalten wird, ist der Coleraine '24 dazu bestimmt, sich über Jahrzehnte hinweg zu entfalten.

Charakteristische Aromen:

Zusatzinformationen

Rebsorten: 58% Cabernet Sauvignon, 31% Merlot und 11% Cabernet Franc.

Passende Speisen: Rare Roastbeef, Wagyu-Steak oder langsam gegarte Lammschulter mit Rosmarin.

Weinberge: Hawke's Bay, Neuseeland. Coleraine '24 ist eine Assemblage der besten Weine aus verschiedenen Parzellen der ältesten Weinberge von Te Mata Estate, die erstmals 1892 bepflanzt wurden. Die Lese erfolgte von Hand zwischen dem 31. März und 8. April 2024.

Weinbereitung: Jede Partie wurde entrappt, bevor eine traditionelle Gärung mit manuellem Unterstoßen und verlängerter Mazeration auf den Schalen erfolgte. Die Weine reiften 19 Monate lang in vorwiegend französischen Eichenfässern, davon 70% neues Holz. Während dieser Zeit wurden sie regelmäßig aufgefüllt und umgezogen. Die Assemblage erfolgte im November 2024, die Abfüllung im Dezember 2025.

Der Name Coleraine: Coleraine verdankt seinen Namen dem Coleraine-Weinberg, dem Zuhause von John und Wendy Buck von Te Mata Estate. Johns Großvater wurde in Coleraine in Nordirland geboren, und der Name wurde über das Familienhaus an den Wein weitergegeben. Bis 1989 ein Einzellagenwein, ist Coleraine heute eine Assemblage der besten Weine aus verschiedenen Parzellen der ältesten, erstmals 1892 bepflanzten Weinberge von Te Mata Estate.

Zutaten: Trauben, Albumin aus Ei, Konservierungsstoffe und Antioxidationsmittel (Kaliummetabisulfit (Sulfite)), Säureregulatoren (Kalziumkarbonat)

Produziert und abgefüllt von: Te Mata Estate, PO Box 8335, Havelock North, Hawkes Bay 4157, Neuseeland

Zuständiger Lebensmittelunternehmer: vinabonus GmbH, Simmedenweg 40, 34134 Kassel, Deutschland

Über Coleraine

• "This highly collectible red is snapped up every year it is released." -  Bob Campbell MW, Kia Ora Magazine, June 2018 
• "Te Mata Estate Coleraine has won well-deserved iconic status for a string of elegant and complex wines that first appeared in 1982, blazing a trail for others to follow." -  Bob Campbell MW, The Real Review, June 2018 
• "If there was Kiwi wine aristocracy, Te Mata would be it. Nestled in the foothills of the Te Mata heritage zone, they make some of the best wines in the country. Independent, family-owned, exclusively Hawke’s Bay, and committed to making premium wine on site." - Cuisine Wine, 2017 
• "New Zealand’s Grange equivalent, only Coleraine comes from one place, is much cheaper, and to my tastes, is significantly better and more interesting." - Gary Walsh, The Wine Front, Australia. March 2017 
• "The legendary cabernet sauvignon and merlot blend of NZ. New Zealand’s Sassicaia." -  James Suckling, jamessuckling.com, USA 2012 
• "My benchmark. I’ve had every vintage of Coleraine the Buck family have made, from the inaugural 1982 to the current 2015. Te Mata Estate is the standard by which every other wine producer could be judged. The full range of styles has always been impeccable." -  Raymond Chan Wine Reviews 
• "Arguably New Zealand’s most prestigious wine. No one dreamed such a wine could be made from New Zealand grapes. Dramatically raising the bar for red wine in New Zealand." Coleraine ’16 Review Summary, Bob Campbell Decanter Magazine, October 2018 
• "A great wine from the very first vintage. Consistently great." -  Huon Hooke, The Real Review October 2018 
• "A national treasure. A benchmark, with a remarkable track record for age-worthiness. Consistently high quality and style have been hallmarks since day one." - Linda Murphy, jancisrobinson.com. October 2018
• "The Buck family of the Te Mata estate produce the best New Zealand wine I have come across … could have passed muster as a classed-growth claret." - Bruce Anderson, The Spectator, May 2020