2005 Te Mata Estate Coleraine

Community Tasting Notes (27) Avg Score: 91.9 points

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  4/24/2024 - Mulvk wrote: 92 Points

  Drinking well. Nice fruit good tertiary characteristics

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  4/1/2024 - Dr S Likes this wine: 94 Points

  A study in refinement.
  
  A disclosure upfront. If there's any wine I 'grew up with’, it’s Coleraine. Dad did the engineering work on the 1890s stables that were converted into the original winery (now a barrel hall within a more modern structure). He also did the owner's house that adorns the Coleraine label. Dad said engineering the ‘phallic’ chimneys was the hardest challenge he faced. The home so-named Coleraine vineyard was the base for the wine, until it became a cuvee of the best fruit in the Bay. All that aside, I am confident this note is as objective as one can strive for.
  
  Stunning colour for a near 20 year old. Dark purples/crimsons, a crimson rim with only a tinge of brick.
  
  If a bouquet can seem smooth, then the aroma achieves that quality. Immensely perfumed. Black currant, blueberry even, a mellow woodsy/autumnal and cedary streak. Darker olive and graphite things lurk here too. Deep aromas.
  
  Likewise, a deep-seated medium palate. Beautifully balanced, depth (did I mention it's deep?) and suppleness, both fine and firm, medium bodied and suave, with just the right touch of grip. Still fresh. Elegant line and length.
  
  At its mid-point, at most for mine. We need to wait for it's tertiary years, whenever they might fall, for more complexity to come. For now, a very satisfying 'Claret'.
  
  An easy 10-20 years beckon. Coleraine on a cruise. Provided the cork doesn't falter or fail. Why? Why do they persist with the anachronistic voodoo of the cork?

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  1/7/2024 - Mulvk Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Graphite, still has fruit. Better bottle than previous. No rush to drink rest.

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  12/29/2023 - Get Real Likes this wine: 92 Points

  In a great place, slow ox for a couple of hours. No detailed notes but still had plenty of sweet fruit together with some tertiary complexity. Drank with an overly young St Emilion grand cru and this far outshone the younger wine.

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  8/22/2023 - Mulvk Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Starting to dry out

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