Reviews

Coleraine ’16- 'Seamless, on point with redcurrant, raspberry, superb tannin and energy, very fine acidity, superb length. A wine of clarity and presence, and so, so good.' 97 points

• Coleraine '16- 'This highly collectible red is snapped up every year it is released.'

  Bob Campbell MW, Kia Ora Magazine, June 2018
  Featuring: Coleraine 2016

• Coleraine ’16- 'Te Mata Estate Coleraine ’16 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
  Featuring: Coleraine 2016

• A head-spinning array of violet, red and black fruits, gentle spiced biscuit oak, olive and lead pencil. It’s medium-bodied, succulent, yet firm, with toothsome tannin, a beautiful mouth-perfume, black tea and small just ripe berries, and a finish where freshness, vibrancy and tannin push the wine very long. A classic vintage, stunning wine, precision.' 97 points

  Gary Walsh, The Winefront Australia, March 2018
  Featuring: Coleraine 2016

• 'Medium-full bodied, the flavours are bold, up-front and show intensity, with a tightly bound heart, showing ripe dark-red and blackberry fruit, along with blackcurrant notes, dark-red plums and a layering of dark herbs. This is a more elegant Coleraine with black fruits and plenty of structure and finesse.' 18.5+/20 ★★★★★

  Raymond Chan Wine Reviews, March 2018
  Featuring: Coleraine 2016

• 'Perfect line, length and balance. This superstar label delivers precision, purity and poise with this latest offering.' 97 Points ★★★★★

  Wine Orbit, Sam Kim, March 2018
  Featuring: Coleraine 2016

Coleraine '15 ★★★★★ - '...A wine of symmetry and harmony, refinement and sophistication...' 98 points

Coleraine '13- 'They say there is no such thing as perfection in wine, but if there was, Coleraine '13 has to be it. A profound offering from New Zealand’s greatest wine label.' 100 points ★★★★★

• Coleraine '13- 'An intense, powerful wine with obvious cellaring potential. Initially the wine is hard to read but layers of dark berry, cedar, spice and savoury characters are displayed on its considerably lengthy finish. This is the best vintage of Coleraine I can recall tasting.' 98 points ★★★★★

  Bob Campbell MW, Bob Campbell Wine Reviews, 2015
  Featuring: Coleraine 2013

• 'The 2013 Coleraine seems to be the best yet. It is a powerful and intense wine, yet remains elegant and precise. When it comes to New Zealand Bordeaux blends, Te Mata Estate Coleraine is one of – if not the – country’s first growths.'

  Rebecca Gibb, wine-searcher.com, 2015
  Featuring: Coleraine 2013

• 'Te Mata Estate’s flagship has set a new benchmark. There’s great concentration and elegance to its fresh blackcurrant fruit, that’s joined by licorice, herb, stony and savoury notes. These are underpinned by firm but ripe satiny tannins, which should keep this harmonious wine in fine form for decades. - The 10 Best Wines of 2015.'

  Jo Burzynska, Viva - The New Zealand Herald, 2015
  Featuring: Coleraine 2013

• Coleraine '13 - 'Te Mata Estate Coleraine is one of the southern hemisphere’s finest cabernets, and the latest release enhances that reputation. Although it clearly needs to be cellared, the blackcurrant/tobacco/cedar nose and intense firm palate simply dripped with class. This wine will begin to show what it’s all about in five years, and be magnificent in ten.' ★★★★★

  Lester Jesberg, Winewise, 2015
  Featuring: Coleraine 2013

• Coleraine '13 - 'Ripe scents of blood plum, berry compote then come lifted out of the glass with tobacco wet earth, mangrove greenery... remarkably vital, red and black fruit characters. Very well formed, very good wine.' 95 points

  Mike Bennie, The Wine Front, AUS, 2015
  Featuring: Coleraine 2013

• Coleraine '13 ★★★★★ - 'Deep black-red colour with lighter purple hues on rim, youthful in appearance. The nose is elegant in presentation with tightly bound, concentrated aromas of ripe blackcurrant and cassis fruit entwined with black and red plum fruit and waves of redcurrant detail. Lifted dark red and black floral perfumes unfold revealing layers of intricate detail with real precision. The fruit is enriched by pencil shavings and toasty oak elements. The palate possesses mouth-coating, flowery tannins, the extraction very refined and pervading, encasing the fruit. The structure grows in prominence, balanced by fresh lacy acid vitality, and carries the wine to a concentrated, vibrant, textural, lingering finish. This is a wonderfully concentrated, elegantly proportioned Coleraine with outstanding finesse and structure.'

  Raymond Chan, Raymond Chan Wine Review - Te Mata Estate Showcase Summary, 2015
  Featuring: Coleraine 2013

• 'Very deep purple red colour, very young looking and immature. The bouquet is all violets and blackberry, with a veneer of nutty oak, and the whole thing oozes class. It’s full-bodied, rich and powerful, a sumptuously flavoured wine with ample soft tannins and great structure. Great fruit depth and power, lashings of tannin, all in harmony, and the tannins are smooth and ripe and agreeable. This needs a lot more time and will be very long lived.' 96 points

  Huon Hooke, GoodFood.com.au, July 2015
  Featuring: Coleraine 2013

• 'The best Coleraine I have ever tried and it’s not because bigger is better; on the contrary. Balance is the key to this exceptionally intense coloured, black fruited wine. It is a wonderful expression of the elegant muscular youth of a very high proportion of cabernet sauvignon (56%) and cabernet franc (14%), both of which are then softened by the flesh of ripe merlot (30%) and all matured in a hefty sounding 70% new oak. This adds a tightness and reins in the wine to a beautiful structure. Save it for a rainy day or drink it now. This is the best Hawke’s Bay Cabernet Sauvignon based red that I have ever had.'

  Joelle Thomson, DrinksBiz, July 2015
  Featuring: Coleraine 2013

• 'Coleraine would give Bordeaux classified growths a run for their money. A powerful and intense wine yet remains elegant and precise.' 96 points

  Rebecca Gibb MW, jamessuckling.com, 2015
  Featuring: Coleraine 2013

• 'My Favourite Wine of 2015 - Coleraine ‘13. When Coleraine was first made in 1982, it was light years ahead of any New Zealand red wine produced before that date. It has since become the country’s most iconic wine label.'

  Decanter, November 2015, Bob Campbell MW, Decanter World Wine Awards Regional Chair for New Zealand
  Featuring: Coleraine 2013

• 'New Zealand’s pre-eminent cabernet sauvignon, merlot, cabernet franc blend is on a song in 2013. The palate is full-bodied, powerful and concentrated. It oozes class and will be long-lived.' 96 points

  Huon Hooke, The Sydney Morning Herald, June 2015
  Featuring: Coleraine 2013

• 'TOP 100 WINES of 2015 - Perfectly ripe cassis and redcurrant fruits, hints of darker blueberries and a sheen of expertly curated oak add style and swagger. The palate is superb for its clarity, depth and definition.' 97 points

  TOP 100 WINES of 2015, jamessuckling.com, November 2015
  Featuring: Coleraine 2013

• Coleraine '14 ★★★★★ - 'Back to back perfection.' 100 Points

  Sam Kim, Wine Orbit, February 2016
  Featuring: Coleraine 2013, Coleraine 2014

• 96 Points 'Coleraine ‘05. An intense deep purple core, with a beautiful leafy character with youthful dark currant notes and subtle, integrated oak. A very complete wine now. Elegance, concentration and power are all evident in this sleek thoroughbred.'

  Andy Howard MW, Decanter 2016
  Featuring: Coleraine 2013

• 'The country’s most iconic wine label.'

  Bob Campbell, Decanter UK, 2015
  Featuring: Coleraine 2013

• 'After completing a vertical of Coleraine, I witness a couple of tasters undergo their Te Mata epiphany...'

  Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, USA, May 2008
  Featuring: Coleraine 2008, Coleraine 2009, Coleraine 2010, Coleraine 2011, Coleraine 2013, Coleraine 2014, Coleraine 2015, Coleraine 2007, Coleraine 2006, Coleraine 2005, Coleraine 2004, Coleraine 2003, Coleraine 2002, Coleraine 2001, Coleraine 2000, Coleraine 1999, Coleraine 1998, Coleraine 1997, Coleraine 1996, Coleraine 1995, Coleraine 1994, Coleraine 1991, Coleraine 1990, Coleraine 1989, Coleraine 1988, Coleraine 1987, Coleraine 1986, Coleraine 1985, Coleraine 1984, Coleraine 1983, Coleraine 1982

• 'For those who have come to NZ wine through Marlborough sauvignon blanc and fruity Central Otago pinot noir, Coleraine is a revelation...'

  Steven Spurrier, Decanter UK, 2007
  Featuring: Coleraine 2013, Coleraine 2014, Coleraine 2015, Coleraine 2011, Coleraine 2010, Coleraine 2009, Coleraine 2008, Coleraine 2007, Coleraine 2006, Coleraine 2005, Coleraine 2004, Coleraine 2003, Coleraine 2002, Coleraine 2001, Coleraine 2000, Coleraine 1999, Coleraine 1998, Coleraine 1997, Coleraine 1996, Coleraine 1995, Coleraine 1994, Coleraine 1991, Coleraine 1990, Coleraine 1989, Coleraine 1988, Coleraine 1987, Coleraine 1986, Coleraine 1985, Coleraine 1984, Coleraine 1983, Coleraine 1982

• Coleraine '13 - 'Both 2013 and 2014 were great vintages in Hawkes Bay after a poor 2012, both these wines show how Te Mata continue to develop and improve their wines. The 2013 needs time but certainly was another blockbuster, so well balanced, elegance, liquorice, voluptuous, cassis on nose, deep brambles in the background, chocolate, red currants evolving well. Possibly could get better than the 2005 but I cant wait that long!'

  Featuring: Coleraine 2013

• '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 ' Setting the Standard', June 2017
  Featuring: Coleraine 1982, Coleraine 1990, Coleraine 2010, Coleraine 2011, Coleraine 2013, Coleraine 2014, Coleraine 2015

• 'The longest continually produced premium wine in this country ... the benchmark.'

  Raymond Chan Wine Reviews, 2008
  Featuring: Coleraine 1982, Coleraine 1983, Coleraine 1984, Coleraine 1985, Coleraine 1986, Coleraine 1987, Coleraine 1988, Coleraine 1989, Coleraine 1990, Coleraine 1991, Coleraine 1994, Coleraine 1995, Coleraine 1996, Coleraine 1997, Coleraine 1998, Coleraine 1999, Coleraine 2000, Coleraine 2001, Coleraine 2002, Coleraine 2003, Coleraine 2004, Coleraine 2005, Coleraine 2006, Coleraine 2007, Coleraine 2008, Coleraine 2009, Coleraine 2010, Coleraine 2011, Coleraine 2013, Coleraine 2014, Coleraine 2015

• Coleraine - '...New Zealand's Greatest Red Wine...'

  Raymond Chan, Raymond Chan Wine Reviews, 2 August 2017
  Featuring: Coleraine 1982, Coleraine 1983, Coleraine 1984, Coleraine 1985, Coleraine 1986, Coleraine 1987, Coleraine 1988, Coleraine 1989, Coleraine 1990, Coleraine 1991, Coleraine 1994, Coleraine 1995, Coleraine 1996, Coleraine 1997, Coleraine 1998, Coleraine 1999, Coleraine 2000, Coleraine 2001, Coleraine 2002, Coleraine 2003, Coleraine 2004, Coleraine 2005, Coleraine 2006, Coleraine 2007, Coleraine 2008, Coleraine 2009, Coleraine 2010, Coleraine 2011, Coleraine 2013, Coleraine 2014, Coleraine 2015

• 'New Zealand’s First Growth. Many critics consider Coleraine up there with the best Bordeaux blends in the world. The original intention may have been to mirror the top Cru Classé but, today, Coleraine has evolved its own style.'

  Andy Howard MW, Decanter, 2016
  Featuring: Coleraine 2014, Coleraine 2013, Coleraine 2011, Coleraine 2010, Coleraine 2009, Coleraine 2008, Coleraine 2007, Coleraine 2006, Coleraine 2005, Coleraine 2004, Coleraine 2003, Coleraine 2002, Coleraine 2001, Coleraine 2000, Coleraine 1999, Coleraine 1998, Coleraine 1997, Coleraine 1996, Coleraine 1995, Coleraine 1994, Coleraine 1991, Coleraine 1990, Coleraine 1989, Coleraine 1988, Coleraine 1987, Coleraine 1986, Coleraine 1985, Coleraine 1984, Coleraine 1983, Coleraine 1982

• “I conjectured whether this is New Zealand’s greatest wine? Well, let me put it this way, it is the frontrunner… a complex, intellectual entity that rewards long term cellaring year after year.”

  Neal Martin's Wine Journal, May 2008
  Featuring: Coleraine 2014, Coleraine 2013, Coleraine 2011, Coleraine 2010, Coleraine 2009, Coleraine 2008, Coleraine 2007, Coleraine 2006, Coleraine 2005, Coleraine 2004, Coleraine 2003, Coleraine 2002, Coleraine 2001, Coleraine 2000, Coleraine 1999, Coleraine 1998, Coleraine 1997, Coleraine 1996, Coleraine 1995, Coleraine 1994, Coleraine 1991, Coleraine 1990, Coleraine 1989, Coleraine 1988, Coleraine 1987, Coleraine 1986, Coleraine 1985, Coleraine 1984, Coleraine 1983, Coleraine 1982

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