Te Mata Estate Cape Crest Sauvignon Blanc 2024 6pack 13.5% 750ml

Te Mata Estate Cape Crest Sauvignon Blanc 2024 6pack 13.5% 750ml

Tasting Notes

Appearance
White diamond at its core with flickering lemon lights.

Aroma
Cape Crest ’24 opens with expressive grapefruit, lime blossom, and white currant, lifted by hints of guava and warm citrus brioche.

Palate
Fine and long, the palate surges with layers of nectarine, lemon oil, and ripe tropical fruit threaded with notes of sea salt, flint, and subtle toasted cedar. Cape Crest ’24 is layered, seamless, and beautifully focused with striking clarity and drive, delivering signature ripeness and complexity alongside a refreshing, long and mineral-edged finish.

Region notes
The fully ripe grapes for Cape Crest ’24 were hand harvested from Te Mata Estate’s Bridge Pa and Havelock Hills vineyards between 5 and 14 March 2024.
Winemakers comments
Cape Crest and its gannet symbol refer to Cape Kidnappers, the southern point of Hawke Bay, home to the world’s largest mainland colony of these remarkable marine birds.

Cellaring potential
Cape Crest ’24 will continue to evolve in the bottle for 10 years from harvest.

Vinification
The separate parcels were each destemmed and lightly crushed, then cooled before a brief period of skin contact. Following pressing and cold-settling, they were all run to a mixture of new and seasoned French oak barrels for fermentation and maturation, with 36% being new oak. The resulting wines were aged on lees, with regular stirring, for a further 11 months before bottling in February 2025. Cape Crest ’24 is a blend of 86% sauvignon blanc, 9% semillon and 5% sauvignon gris.

PH
3.30

Acidity
6.9 g/L

Country: New Zealand
Region: Hawke's Bay
Vintage: 2024
Variety: Sauvignon Blanc
Alcohol volume: 13.0
Closure: Screwcap
Volume: 750
Weight: 1.417kg
Wine style: White (Crisp Fresh)