Te Awa Farm
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Te Awa Farm 1998 Boundary Red (Hawke's Bay)
- Editors' Choice
- $23
This top-of-the-line offering from Te Awa Farm displays extraordinary richness and complexity. The aromas of dried spices (cinnamon and clove), cocoa, mocha and black cherries slide gracefully into a multilayered palate that caresses the mouth. Can be drunk now, but has the structure to age up to 10 years.
— J.C.
(5/1/2001)
Te Awa Farm 2000 Frontier Sauvignon Blanc (Hawke's Bay)
- $20
Whether you like this wine or not will depend largely on how oak-tolerant you are—it’s 100% barrel fermented and shows plenty of smoky, nutty nuances. It’s also markedly creamy, with rich fruit flavors that lean toward white peach, melon and fig. The long, layered finish has enough acidity to carry the weight and oak.
— J.C.
(5/1/2001)
Te Awa Farm 2000 Longlands Syrah (Hawke's Bay)
- $21
Quite black peppery, through and through, but the pepper doesn’t overpower the wine’s other flavors. Smoked meat and black pepper spice up the palate’s juicy red- cherry and blackberry flavors. These same flavors, plus vanilla and a slight lemon tang, spill over to the finish. Top Value.
— W.E.
(11/1/2001)
Te Awa Farm 1998 Frontier Chardonnay (Hawke's Bay)
- $20
None of winemaker Jenny Dobson’s wines are shy on flavor. This one is loaded with ripe peach fruit, buttressed by a healthy dose of toasty French oak, which comes across reminiscent of hazelnuts. At three years of age, this top-notch Chard is just entering its prime-drinking window and should last another few years.
— J.C.
(5/1/2001)
Te Awa Farm 1999 Longlands Chardonnay (Hawke's Bay)
- $16
Starts off with appealing oatmeal and toast aromas that complement ripe peaches and oranges. The fruit shines on the palate up until the finish, when some rough oak edges show through. Like all of the Te Awa Farm wines, the texture really stands out: a perfect blend of weight and viscosity that’s mouth-filling without being heavy.
— J.C.
(5/1/2001)
Te Awa Farm 1999 Longlands Merlot (Hawke's Bay)
- $16
A bigger, richer wine than Te Awa Farm’s Longlands Cabernet blend, this Merlot is packed with black-cherry and chocolate aromas and flavors. A supple texture makes this drinkable now, but some black-tea notes on the finish argue in favor of at least short-term cellaring. Try in 2003 if you can wait that long.
— J.C.
(5/1/2001)
Te Awa Farm 1999 Pinotage (Hawke's Bay)
- $16
Thick aromas of cocoa and leather are accented by bright cherries. Rich and full-flavored without being heavy, the wine’s strong coffee flavors are counterbalanced by a beam of cherry fruit that persists through the finish. Ready to drink now.
— J.C.
(5/1/2001)
Te Awa Farm 1999 Longlands Red (Hawke's Bay)
- $16
Chocolate, cassis and cream are joined on the nose by hints of dried herbs. The black-currant flavors turn tobaccoey on the palate, but the rich texture holds the wine together. Soft tannins make this a wine for current consumption.
— J.C.
(5/1/2001)
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