Te Mata 'Awatea' Cabernet Merlot 2023

96 Points "It is a magnificent wine and a tremendous value", Erin Larkin, The Wine Advocate

94 Points "It has perfume and presence … lovely wine to drink", Gary Walsh, The Wine Front

Te Mata Tasting Note
With a gleaming crimson core and ruby rim, Awatea Cabernets/Merlot ’23 is enticingly perfumed with blackberry, bay, violets, and vanilla. The satisfying palate is detailed, poised and texturally rewarding, interplaying plum, black olive and sandalwood notes with salinity, refreshing acidity and bright tannin length. It has a captivating elegance that is classically Te Mata.