Description / Reviews
// Presented in a wooden gift box, a 6-pack series across four vintages of Coleraine
Includes two bottles of 2021 and 2019, plus one each of 2016 and 2013
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2021 Vintage
// 56% Cabernet Sauvignon, 32% Merlot, 12% Cabernet Franc
"Dark and intense, lots of perfume, red and black fruits, tobacco, a leafy pop that’s pure varietal class, creamy oak, lead pencils, aniseed and spice. Medium to full-bodied, a flood of flavour, super ‘mineral’ feel to the acidity, tannin is superb, and the finish is so long. Light but so dense. There’s a fresh raspberry juiciness here too, and an extra dimension of tension and energy. All the graphite and presence. Incredible wine." - 97+ Points, Gary Walsh, The Wine Front
2019 Vintage
// 59% Cabernet Sauvignon, 37% Merlot, and 4% Cabernet Franc
"Made from 59% cabernet sauvignon with merlot and cabernet franc. Ripe, cassis and berry flavours with a seasoning of spice. This wine represents elegance on a grand scale and is on one of the best vintage I've tasted. It has plushness and power with great potential." - 98 Points, Bob Campbell, The Real Review
2016 Vintage
// 51% Cabernet Sauvignon, 47% Merlot, 2% Cabernet Franc.
"Coleraine, I feel, is probably The Great Wine of New Zealand. A head-spinning array of violet, red and black fruits, gentle spiced biscuit oak, green olive, and lead pencil. It’s medium-bodied, succulent, yet firm, with toothsome tannin, a beautiful mouth-perfume, black tea and small just ripe berries, and a finish where freshness, vibrancy and tannin push the wine very long. A classic vintage. Stunning wine. Precision." - 97 Points, Gary Walsh, The Wine Front
2013 Vintage
// 56% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot and 14% Cabernet Franc
Aromatically, the wine offers saturated purple berries with cassis, licorice/aniseed, raspberry seeds and dark chocolate. On the palate, it exhibits all the chalkiness that defines its success, making it feel both pliable and ductile in its texture, akin to the texture of raw cocoa (fine, powdery, chalky a little grippy/gravelly). It's excellent. Lovely fresh acidity through the finish lifts it into the register of graphite/lead pencil." - 97 Points, Erin Larkin, Robert Parker Wine Advocate
