Te Mata Awatea Cabernets/Merlot 2023
32,99 € - 34,99 €
46,65 € pro Liter
incl. statutory VAT excl. shipping costs
delivery time ca. 2-4 Werktage
Product.Nr. 2351
First made in 1982, the Awatea, a Bordeaux blend that's both vibrant and intricately layered, is a timeless addition to your wine cellar. Expertly crafted with a seamless blend of its components, this wine embodies the pinnacle of excellence in terms of richness, subtlety, and structural integrity.
Discount
| Quantity | Single price | Saving | pro Liter |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-5 | 34,99 € | 46,65 € | |
| >= 6 | 32,99 € | -6 % | 43,99 € |
product description
Te Mata Awatea Cabernets/Merlot 2023
Reviews
Erin Larkin, Robert Parker's Wine Advocate (January 2025): 96/100. This wine is thrilling: dusty cassis, bramble,
raspberry pip, blood/iodine, sweet tobacco,
raw cocoa, violet perfume, tarragon and
fennel and a hint of hazelnut/nutmeg. This
will evolve beautifully in bottle. I love it. It is a
magnificent wine and a tremendous value.
Tasting Note:
With a gleaming crimson core and ruby rim, Awatea Cabernets/Merlot ’23 is enticingly perfumed with blackberry, bay, violets, and vanilla. The satisfying palate is detailed, poised and texturally rewarding, interplaying plum, black olive and sandalwood notes with salinity, refreshing acidity and bright tannin length.
Aromas and flavours:
Additional information
Type: Red wine from New Zealand
Varietals: 33% Cabernet Sauvignon, 52% Merlot, 15% Cabernet Franc
Vineyards: Hawke's Bay, New Zealand. The grapes for Awatea Cabernets/Merlot ’23 were hand harvested from Te Mata Estate’s Hawke’s Bay vineyards between 4 and 18 April 2023.
Winemaking: The separate parcels of grapes were destemmed before a traditional warm-plunged fermentation and extended maceration on skins. The resulting wines were then run to new and seasoned French oak barrels for 15 months. Throughout this time, they were regularly topped and racked. The separate wines were blended in October 2023, then returned to barrel for their second winter. The finished wine was then egg white fined and bottled in November 2024.
The name: Awatea takes its name from the historic ship SS Awatea (a Maori word meaning “Eye of the Dawn”) that sailed the Auckland – Sydney – Wellington route in the late 1930s. The Awatea was requisitioned as a troop transport in WWII and was sunk off Algeria in 1942.
Alcohol: 13.5% vol
Total acidity: 5.4 g/l
Wine style: dry
Bottle size: 0.75l
Notice: Contains sulphites, egg white.
Cellaring potential: 2030+
Closure: Cork
Produced and bottled by: Te Mata Estate, PO Box 8335, Havelock North, Hawkes Bay 4157, New Zealand
Distributor: vinabonus GmbH, Simmedenweg 40, 34134 Kassel, Germany
Switzerland
