Te Mata Estate Cape Crest Hawke's Bay Sauvignon Blanc 2024

Description

Oak, Pastry, Peach

"The enticing bouquet showcases aromas of kaffir lime, mango, almond meal, and white flowers. It’s wonderfully weighted and focused on the palate, delivering fleshy texture and beautifully pitched acidity, leading to a persistent, exuberant finish. It’s powerfully expressed with intensity and vibrancy, while remaining harmonious and elegant, with stunning precision and a great line and length" Sam Kim, Wine Orbit, Jan 2026

"These wines age very well.. It’s lively, great texture.. excellent length, and I like that light grip on exit. This is yet another very good release" Gary Walsh, Dec 2025

"Aromas of jasmine, Meyer lemons, green melon and lavender. So fresh and rather delicate. Medium-bodied with crunchy fruit and tangy acidity. Crisp and vivid. 86% sauvignon blanc, 9% semillion and 5% sauvignon gris. Drink or hold. Screw cap" James Suckling, Jamessuckling.com, Jan 2026

White diamond at its core with flickering lemon lights, Cape Crest ’24 opens with expressive grapefruit, lime blossom, and white currant, lifted by hints of guava and warm citrus brioche. 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. Cape Crest ’24 will continue to evolve in the bottle for 10 years from harvest.

Since 1984, Cape Crest has developed an international following for its unique expression of New Zealand sauvignon blanc. Barrel fermented, with a touch of semillon and sauvignon gris, it is concentrated and complex with toast, citrus blossom, grapefruit and tropical characters.

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.

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.

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.