Magnificent. One of the very best Kiwi reds I have tasted. Dark dark colour. Delicious cedary, chocolate nose, and very slightly sweet palate. Extra long. A wonderful wine, showing no sign of decline.
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NobleRottersSydney - Ten & Twenty years - 04 & 94 reds (360 Bar & Dining, Sydney): {cork, 14%} (DavidM) Lovely, neither-young-nor-old nose of blackberry and blueberry. The palate adds a herbal touch to the flavours, but it’s still quite sweetly-fruited; it’d have guessed cab franc not merlot (majority) from the loose-knit feel to the palate. Has a lovely even presence on the mid-palate; combined with medium chalky tannins and balanced acid it all adds up to a very good medium-length wine, drinking well now but probably offering better in 5-8 years. I like this very much.
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A classic from New Zealand. The closest you can get there that resembles a great Bordeaux, though with a Kiwi twist. An outstanding nose and a very very powerful body.
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Te Mata Coleraine vertical (Institute of Directors, London): Ripe, blackcurrant nose, nettles again, full on the palate, some raisiness to the fruit, long and intense - I agreed with those who found it Loire-like, due to the high percentage of cab franc this year
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2/11/2023 - rjpbath Likes this wine: 96 Points
Magnificent. One of the very best Kiwi reds I have tasted. Dark dark colour. Delicious cedary, chocolate nose, and very slightly sweet palate. Extra long. A wonderful wine, showing no sign of decline.
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9/1/2014 - graemeg wrote:
NobleRottersSydney - Ten & Twenty years - 04 & 94 reds (360 Bar & Dining, Sydney): {cork, 14%} (DavidM) Lovely, neither-young-nor-old nose of blackberry and blueberry. The palate adds a herbal touch to the flavours, but it’s still quite sweetly-fruited; it’d have guessed cab franc not merlot (majority) from the loose-knit feel to the palate. Has a lovely even presence on the mid-palate; combined with medium chalky tannins and balanced acid it all adds up to a very good medium-length wine, drinking well now but probably offering better in 5-8 years. I like this very much.
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11/2/2012 - MauriceE wrote:
Excellent wine, blind almost impossible to distinguish from Bordeaux
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7/4/2011 - ocfriday wrote: 93 Points
My goodness, what a treat. I should have bought more back in mid 2000's when I was in Auckland. Very good fruit and a nice finish - very old world.
Color was beginning to turn a bit, but the wine was amazing.
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3/27/2010 - mkalochoritis wrote: 92 Points
At Massimo's. A Kiwi version of Bordeaux - brilliant.
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3/27/2010 - C. Baudelaire wrote: 92 Points
A classic from New Zealand. The closest you can get there that resembles a great Bordeaux, though with a Kiwi twist.
An outstanding nose and a very very powerful body.
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5/19/2008 - Rupert wrote: 89 Points
Te Mata Coleraine vertical (Institute of Directors, London): Ripe, blackcurrant nose, nettles again, full on the palate, some raisiness to the fruit, long and intense - I agreed with those who found it Loire-like, due to the high percentage of cab franc this year
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