Te Mata Awatea Cabernet Merlot 2023 pittnauer Bright cherry and raspberry come

Bright cherry and raspberry come first

The four Montmain parcels are dotted along a clay hillside

where the vine age is 10-30 years

the wine is bottled unfiltered the following spring

leading to a compressed harvest - with the whole valley picked in the space of 3 weeks (where it normally spreads across 6 weeks)

Te Mata Awatea Cabernet Merlot 2023 pittnauer Bright cherry and raspberry come96 POINTS Erin Larkin, Robert Parker's Wine Advocate "This will evolve beautifully in bottle. I love it. It is a magnificent wine and a tremendous value." Showing pure crimson red Estate Merlot Cabernets '23 has a wonderfully aromatic and complex nose of red and black plums and wild berries layered with dried herbs, spice and cedar. The palate is soft and enticing, mid weight and balanced with beautifully ripe raspberries and plum to the fore with