there are silky tannins and momentous length
blueberry and spicecake flavors are braced by an undercurrent of smoky minerality
as opposed to 2021 when ripeness was more gradual
Fruit flavours roll through blackberry pastille
Te Mata Estate Awatea Cabernet Merlot 2023 Blanc de Blancs there are silky tannins andThe 2023 Awatea Cabernets Merlot comprises 52% Merlot, 33% Cabernet Sauvignon and 15% Cabernet Franc. Aromatically, this wine is thrilling: dusty cassis, bramble, raspberry pip, blood iodine, sweet tobacco, raw cocoa, violet perfume, tarragon and fennel and a hint of hazelnut nutmeg. In the mouth, the wine is savory, structural, spicy and chewy, with a ductile splay of tannin that moves across the palate and through the finish. The palate speaks of