Te Mata Awatea Cabernets-Merlot 2022
95 Points, Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate
“The 2022 Awatea Cabernets Merlot is floral and layered with cassis and raspberry, chalk and tobacco, paprika dolce and pink peppercorns. This is modern claret at its finest, and I find it to be beguiling in that way. It’s softer and a little less structural than the 2021 but with so much cushioning and fruit. The tannins are firm through the finish, and I feel that balances the sweet fruit well. Yes.”
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95 Points, Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate
The 2022 Awatea Cabernets Merlot is floral and layered with cassis and raspberry, chalk and tobacco, paprika dolce and pink peppercorns. This is modern claret at its finest, and I find it to be beguiling in that way. It’s softer and a little less structural than the 2021 but with so much cushioning and fruit. The tannins are firm through the finish, and I feel that balances the sweet fruit well. Yes.
Te Mata is one of my absolute favorite wineries from New Zealand and they continue to improve each vintage. They’re probably best known for their Sauvignon Blanc and for their Coleraine Cabernet blend (which Parker’s Wine Advocate says, “any self-respecting Cabernetphile is”), but the Awatea is making a strong push to be in every wine cellar from Christchurch to California.
Here’s just a little taste of what some of the wine press has said about Te Mata and some of the huge things they are doing in NZ.
- “New Zealand’s greatest winery.” -Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate
- “A national treasure.” -Jancis Robinson
- “New Zealand’s first growth.” -Decanter
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