Te Mata Coleraine 2021

“A smashing cabernet blend, and a top vintage for this wine.” – Huon Hooke

100 POINTS – Wine Orbit, Sam Kim,
“The 2021 Coleraine exhibits a commanding presence and majestic poise. The bouquet reveals classic aromas of cassis, dark plum and violet with whispering nuances of cedar and cigar. There are hints of warm spices, compounding the pleasure upon inhalation. The palate is bold and graceful at once, enhanced by plush texture and multi-layered mouthfeel, beautifully framed by refreshing acidity and fine chalky tannins. Robust and substantial with a great line and length, which seem to go on to infinity. This youthful wine is already impossible to resist, but time will reward those who can wait. In sports, they often talk about The Greatest of All Time, or ‘The GOAT’. This 2021 Coleraine is undeniably THE GOAT of New Zealand wine.” 21 February 2023

Internationally acclaimed Te Mata Estate, renowned for its impeccable pedigree of wines, presents the 37th release of their iconic ‘Coleraine’, from the unmatched 2021 vintage.

Considered by many as NZ’s greatest wine. The pedigree, the quality, Coleraine can stand toe to toe with any of the great Bordeaux blends in the world, nicknamed New Zealand’s Grange.

Coleraine 21 is an apex cabernet blend, a singular wine that could only result from a remarkable vintage. Combining an unequalled harvest, cutting-edge winemaking technology, and 127 years of fine wine pedigree, Coleraine 21 stands alone a wine of unique provenance even by Te Mata Estates exacting standards.

2021 was a definitive growing season; the earliest-ever bud break on Te Mata Estates vineyards led to the earliest-ever harvest. This warm, dry, and historic vintage yielded an abundance of very small berries providing great concentration, and producing wines of exceptional purity, power, tension and persistence. This is an absolute original.

Te Mata Coleraine 2021 is ‘The One’.

APPEARANCE
Deep midnight magenta.

AROMA
The aromatics are immediately varietal with grace notes of cassis, raspberry leaf, fresh roses, dark chocolate, lifted black cherry, espresso and cedar

PALATE
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 21 is refined to an exquisite point while still retaining freshness and balance. It lingers after tasting. Layered and composed, resplendent and resolved, a gloriously seductive ensemble celebratory of all that fine New Zealand wine can be.