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2009 Te Mata Estate Cabernets / Merlot Awatea
Red Bordeaux Blend
- New Zealand
- North Island
- Hawke's Bay
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Community Tasting Notes 29
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ProfByron Likes this wine: 91 points
June 27, 2021 - Very good, classy young claret, quite rich but still fragrant and elegant. Classed growth quality.
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ProfByron wrote: flawed
June 13, 2021 - Ever so slight TCA, knocked out the fruit expression. Ripe tannins noticeable, bigger riper wine than 2008, but dull due to the barely perceptible TCA.
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engineer dave Likes this wine:
September 11, 2020 - Standing up well with raspberries flowing through and tickling the taste buds
The wine looks purple colored. The legs are fast. There is light sediment in the bottle. It smells like raspberry and red currant. It tastes like vanilla. The body is medium. The wine has fleshy texture. The wine finishes long. The wine has medium acidity. -
grinneback wrote:
January 1, 2020 - Has aged really well. Dry Bordeaux style. Cedar wood, slightly minty, almost black in colour. Great value for money.
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GinST Likes this wine: 91 points
April 24, 2019 - Better the day after opening.
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Wine Definition
- Vintage 2009
- Type Red
- Producer Te Mata Estate
- Varietal Red Bordeaux Blend
- Designation Cabernets / Merlot
- Vineyard Awatea
- Country New Zealand
- Region North Island
- SubRegion Hawke's Bay
- Appellation Hawke's Bay
- UPC Codes 9418953106099, 9418953106136, 9418953206133
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 12 (2%)
- In Cellars 253 (45%)
- Consumed 293 (53%)
Food Pairing
Community Recommendations
Valentine's day 2015 butterflied leg of lamb Lynne made thai coconut prawns and chocolate pudding rasp and ice cream with our first passion fruitWho Likes This Wine
94% Like It 17 votes
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- ProducerTe Mata Estate
- VarietyRed Bordeaux Blend
- CountryNew Zealand
- RegionNorth Island
- SubRegionHawke's Bay
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