
This full-flavoured and expressive pinot noir shows ripe cherry, plum and raspberry notes, with fine, savoury tannins and soft, sandalwood spice. Matured in French oak barrels, this wine is vibrant and delicious on release and will evolve in bottle for 4 years in harvest.
Sourced exclusively from Te Mata Estate's own vineyards, the estate wines represent the best qualities of their variety, vintage and Hawke's Bay origin.
2024: At its core, the Estate Pinot Noir ’24 displays a red cherry hue with a garnet edge. The wine captivates with its vibrant colour and rich aromas of redcurrant, black cherry, prune, and cinnamon. The palate is soft, generous, and energetic, featuring ripe fine tannins with hints of raspberry, liquorice, and spice. Rounded and supple, it pairs beautifully with duck pancakes or beef carpaccio. Estate Pinot Noir 2024 is both endlessly refreshing and wildly sumptuous in the glass.
Wine Enthusiast 93: A potpourri dish of dried herbs, spices and flowers weaves its way between tart cherry fruit. A snap crackle of acidity feels like biting into that very same cherry, fresh off the tree, the savory, sappy tannins along for the ride. Drink anytime over the next 5-8 years: there's solid winemaking here which means this will be fairly bullet proof over time.