Te Motu Vineyard
Intensely fragrant, richly opulent, pure in flavours of berry and plum with delicate spice, smokey oak and chocolate tones on palate end. Te Motu is a huge cabernet sauvignon dominant wine, matured in wood for nearly three years and bottled aged for another three years before release when time delivers a silky smooth experience of intense flavours. Te Motu 2002 is released and available now direct from the vineyard.
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| Te Motu Vineyard offers cellar door wine sales and tastings and a restaurant in its picturesque setting. |
When"La
Bottin Gourmand" compared new releases of the worlds best Bordeaux
styles for its millenium edition Te Motu was the only wine from New
Zealand or Australia to make the list and was ranked 13th best in the
world.
When Wine Spectator rated 300 wines in it's biggest review of New
Zealand's best, in an 8 page article "Rising Stars"; Te Motu was rated
New Zealand's best red of all varieties 2 points clear of over 100
wines in a 3 point range.
When
Hugh Johnson OBE; Stephen Brook: Neil Beckett; Michael Edwards;Godfrey
Spence; Jamie Goode; and Jesus Barquin selected the wines for"1001
Wines You Must Try Before You Die" Te Motu was unanimously deemed to be
a notable inclusion.
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The
Te Motu Vineyard lies in the heart of the Onetangi Valley, sheltered
from the north by the ridge which guards Onetangi's famous beach, and
from the west by the massive rocky outcrop known as Stonyridge. One of
its boundaries is formed by the Rangihoua creek which flows into an
inlet of Putiki Bay named Te Rangihoua ('day of renewal') by
Tamatekapua, captain of the Maori canoe Te Arawa, because it was his
first landfall in the long voyage from Hawaiiki. There, Te Arawa was
re-lashed before continuing on to its final landing place at Maketu.
The
vineyard's name comes from the original Maori name for Waiheke, Te
Motu-Arai-Roa ('island of long shelter'). The soil of Onetangi Valley
is based on the Jurassic-age Waipapa Group. The original rock fabric
has been largely converted to clay minerals. Experience has shown that
the Onetangi soils and micro-climate are some of the best anywhere in
the world for the red Cabernets and Merlot grape varieties.
Te
Motu and Dunleavy wines are wholly grown by sustainable viticulture,
hand-picked, fermented and barrel-aged on the vineyard estate.
Te Motu Vineyard offers cellar door wine sales and tastings in its picturesque setting. Te
Motu Vineyard was established by the Dunleavy family in 1989 on Waiheke
Island, in the heart of Auckland's Hauraki Gulf. The goal to produce
high quality red wine has been achieved with the flagship Te Motu
Cabernet/Merlot being awarded multiple international gold medals (1994
and 1996). Since 1995, a second label is also available under the
Dunleavy brand.