New Zealand’s Most Famous Red Wine - Te Mata Coleraine
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Coleraine is New Zealand’s most famous red wine from Hawke’s Bay. Hawke’s Bay, has long been celebrated for its exceptional Bordeaux-style blends, particularly those featuring Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot. This region, with its warm maritime climate and diverse soils, provides an ideal environment for these varietals, creating wines of structure, depth, and complexity.
First produced in 1982, this classic blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Cabernet Franc displays the concentration, complexity and elegance. Each parcel of grapes was destemmed before a traditional warm-plunged fermentation and extended maceration on skins. The resulting wines were then run to predominately new French oak barrels for 17 months’ maturation.
Coleraine derives its name from the Coleraine vineyard, home of John and Wendy Buck of Te Mata Estate. John’s late grandfather was born in Coleraine in Northern Ireland and the name has been maintained through the family home to the wine. Originally a single vineyard wine, from 1989 Coleraine has been an assemblage of the finest wines produced from distinct plots within Te Mata Estate’s oldest vineyards on the Havelock Hills.
