Te Mara

Te Mata Estate

Coleraine Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot 2024

Opened prior to service. The 2024 “Coleriane” positively slaps! The wine pours a ruby/purple color with an opaque core; medium+ viscosity and moderate staining of the tears. On the nose, the wine is developing with currants, blackberries, tobacco, Anaheim peppers, purple flowers, inorganic earth and fine baking spices. On the palate, the wine is dry with medium+ tannin and medium+ acid. Confirming the notes from the nose. The finish is long with limestone minerals. This is fantastic and built for the cellar. A special wine. Drink now with patience and through 2054. — 3 days ago

Vanessa, Zach and 9 others liked this

te Pa

Marlborough Pinot Gris 2022

Spicy, fragrant, this is richer and fatter than the Italian Pinot Bianco, but lacks the depth and complexity of that wine, still a quite fine Pinot Gris from New Zealand!! — 5 months ago

Jim Powers
with Jim
Dave, Ira and 2 others liked this

Milton Vineyard

Te Arai Vineyard Chenin Blanc

Full bodied, no oak, white flower and pear - really nice! — 10 months ago

Te Motu

Dunleavy Waiheke Island Cabernet Merlot 2012

Picked this up walking around Waiheke a few years ago. Super nice, dry, peppery, blackberry, good tannins — 6 years ago

Cesari

Mara Ripasso Corvina Blend 2017

2017 vintage. Leather tobacco nose. Dark cherry, black raspberry. Good acidity. Will buy again. — 7 years ago

Te Awanga Estate

Wildsong Wildflower Vineyard Sauvignon Blanc 2018

Very pleasant Sauvignon Blanc, light and dry and not grassy like typical Marlborough Sauvignon Blancs — 7 years ago

te Pa

Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc

Light , honeydew, would buy again! — 19 days ago

Te Mata Estate

Sauvignon Blanc 2023

Stony, dry, lingering. Pale. Peach? — 2 months ago

Te Kairanga

Martinborough Pinot Noir 2024

Red currant, black raspberry tones. Not much finish but smooth — 9 months ago

Broc Cellars

Michael Mara Vineyard Chardonnay 2024

Broc is really great at Chardonnay! Bright and acidic. Elegantly balanced. Nowhere near your typical old school oaky Cali chard — 10 months ago

Ted, Juan and 4 others liked this

Te Mata Estate

Estate Vineyards Hawke's Bay Syrah 2018

Deceptively simple?New Zealand syrah with a cool climate DNA. Waiting for day 2. And day 2: better, fuller, lovely. Smooth & velvety texture are the bywords.
— 6 years ago

Josh, Anthony and 4 others liked this

Matthiasson

Michael Mara Vineyard Sonoma Coast Chardonnay 2013

Smells like Napa. Tastes like old world — 6 years ago

Tom liked this

te Pa

Marlborough Pinot Noir 2015

Dry & earthy. 2015 vintage still a little green — 7 years ago

Craggy Range

Te Muna Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2024

Rhonda really likes. Had with Alan and Dana. — 2 months ago

Craggy Range

Te Muna Road Vineyard Sauvignon Blanc 2035

Fruit forward with super clean finish — 2 months ago

Jessica Montgomery
with Jessica

Matthiasson

Michael Mara Vineyard Chardonnay

Paul J
9.0

Can’t rate. Maybe the wine is in a weird spot or my palate was affected by the 4 sessions of snow shoveling, but if I had a blindfold on I would have thought this was a red. Somewhat restrained on the palate with lots of steel elements and some earth. Color was great, as was the cork, so must be me. Usually one of my favorites! — 9 months ago

Brooke Weaver Jakubowski
with Brooke

RuBor Viticultores

Los Besos Que Te Robe Garnacha

As organic as it gets … Pure fruity homemade goodness with high tannins and acidity with a long sweet smooth finish . A faint touch of sizzle. it needs to breath a bit. Serve 15/17 C … Great find. Honest wine …It does taste like guilty kisses. — 5 years ago

Tenuta Mara

Guiry Sangiovese 2017

Terrific biodynamic Sangiovese from eastern Romagna. Great funkiness to this. Relatively light, tinged with orange- this packs tremendous flavor with a long finish. Has that bubbly feel on the tongue. I love it — 6 years ago

Severn, Tom and 1 other liked this

Craggy Range

Te Kahu Gimblett Gravels Vineyard Merlot Blend 2015

Totally love Gimblett Gravels Reds & this is one of them. Beautiful array of dark berry fruits, dark chocolate, a spec of bakery spices, a dash of savoury goodness and fresh silky tannins. — 7 years ago