2008 Te Mata Estate Cabernets / Merlot Awatea

Community Tasting Notes (17) Avg Score: 88.2 points

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View ProfByron's profile
  • Report Issue

  12/29/2020 - ProfByron Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Impressive. There was a time when Awatea was best enjoyed at 6 or so years, at 12 this is just developing.
  
  Bright colour, lovely legs.
  
  Gradually, with a bit of breathing, lovely fragrance emerges. Rather classic claret. Still youthful but getting there.
  
  Better than most cru bourgeois Bordeaux. Has that freshness and class of good left bank claret.

  1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comment

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View alanh13's profile
  • Report Issue

  11/11/2020 - alanh13 wrote:

  I would have guessed this was Bordeaux and maybe an even more recent vintage (2010 vintage even?) at Grand Cru level. Not particularly special but intense and good quality, maybe a little square though.
  Quite poised even austere yet rich. Could maybe do with a decant. This was stored in perfect conditions at the Wine Society with perfect cork, so ageing slowly and very well.
  Food helped a lot and was a bit more open on the second day.

  Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View ProfByron's profile
  • Report Issue

  11/8/2019 - ProfByron Likes this wine: 88 Points

  Fresh, well crafted claret. Green notes are a bit dominant.
  
  Drinks well now but I’m not worried about leaving this Awatea for 5-10 years.
  {13.5%, cork}

  Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment

• Options

  • View guy12's profile
  • Report Issue

  6/16/2017 - guy12 wrote: 89 Points

  Last bottle must have been off, tasted like a different wine, still lots of tannins but well balanced on day 2 . Bordeaux ringer

  Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View Jon & Rachel's profile
  • Report Issue

  1/24/2017 - Jon & Rachel wrote: 91 Points

  Smooth and well balanced. Very much enjoyed

  Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment

View all 17 Community Tasting Notes

Professional reviews have copyrights and you can view them here for your personal use only as private content. To view pro reviews you must either subscribe to a pre-integrated publication or manually enter reviews below. Learn more.