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Te Mata Coleraine: History, Vineyards and Prices in 2026
Te Mata Coleraine from Hawke's Bay: its history, vineyards and winemaking, plus live prices from 276 shops, 3,744 auction sales and 170 restaurants.
Coleraine is the top red at Te Mata Estate in Hawke's Bay, New Zealand. It is a blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Cabernet Franc, and the first vintage was 1982 (Te Mata Estate). The winery counts the 2024 as the 40th vintage.
Below is what the winery has published about the wine, its vineyards and the people who make it, and what Coleraine sells for today in shops, at auction and on restaurant lists. The prices come from Wine Labs data collected on November 4, 2026.
Coleraine at a glance
| Producer | Te Mata Estate, 349 Te Mata Road, Havelock North, Hawke's Bay |
| Owners | The Buck and Morris families, since 1974 |
| First vintage | 1982 |
| Grapes | Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Cabernet Franc |
| Winery price | NZ$175 for the 2024 (New Zealand dollars) |
| Typical shop price | $98 (median of 276 sellers) |
| Typical auction price | $90 a bottle, buyer's premium included (3,744 sales) |
Who makes Coleraine
Te Mata began as part of Te Mata Station, a large pastoral property that the English settler John Chambers set up in 1854. His third son, Bernard, planted vines on three hillside parcels above the homestead in 1892 and turned the old stables into a winery. The winery dates its founding to 1896. The Chambers family sold in 1919, and the Buck and Morris families bought the estate in 1974 (Te Mata Estate).
Nick Buck, a son of John and Wendy Buck, has been chief executive since 2013. Phil Brodie joined in 1992 and is senior winemaker. Nick's youngest brother, Toby Buck, is a director and grew up on the Coleraine Vineyard (Te Mata Estate).
The name comes from the family. In a Vinous article the winery reproduces, Toby Buck explains that his great-grandfather Samuel Morrow came from Coleraine, the river port in Northern Ireland, and emigrated to New Zealand in 1908. Their father named the vineyard after that story (Te Mata Estate).
Where the fruit comes from
Coleraine started as a single-vineyard wine. In the same article, Phil Brodie says that from 1982 to 1988 it came from one vineyard planted in 1900, first called The Hill. From 1989 it became a blend of the best pickings. Since 1994 it has been based on the Havelock Hills, with some fruit from the Bridge Pa Triangle and, in some years, a little from the Dartmoor and Gimblett Gravels subregions. Te Mata owns all its vineyards (Te Mata Estate).
The Havelock Hills sites face north and drain freely. Soils are mostly sandy loam over sandstone to the east and sandy loam over a thin layer of clay to the west. The hills were given legal protection for their viticultural heritage in 1996 (Te Mata Estate).
How it is made
Te Mata does not publish a run of technical sheets for Coleraine on its website, so we don't build a vintage table. The winery's page on the 2020 vintage gives a full picture of one year. The fruit was hand-picked between March 19 and April 2, 2020, destemmed, fermented warm with plunging and given extended time on skins. The wine spent 17 months in mostly new French oak. The final blend was 57% Cabernet Sauvignon, 36% Merlot and 7% Cabernet Franc.
The winery's own pages describe the oak in two ways. The 2020 page says mostly new barrels. In the Vinous article, Phil Brodie says the wine spends 18 to 20 months in French oak with around 30% new wood. The 1982 is the only vintage that saw some American oak (Te Mata Estate).
What Coleraine costs today
On November 4, 2026, 276 sellers had Coleraine on offer in a 750 ml bottle, counting each chain once. Most are in the US (77 sellers), New Zealand (72) and Australia (57). Half of all offers sit between $87 and $107, and the median is $98. The winery sells the 2024 at NZ$175 a bottle, and a 2021 library release at NZ$195 (Te Mata Estate). Those prices are in New Zealand dollars, so we keep them out of the chart below.
Per 750 ml bottle, US dollars, November 2026. The winery price (NZ$175) is in New Zealand dollars and not shown.
| Channel | Price | Basis |
|---|---|---|
| Auction | $90 | Median of 3,744 sales, buyer's premium included |
| Shops | $98 | Median of 276 sellers, all vintages |
| Restaurants | $208 | Median of 170 wine lists |
These prices don't measure the same thing. Shop prices mix many vintages and countries. Auction prices are what one lot sold for, with the buyer's premium but before shipping, tax and storage. A restaurant price includes service.
Recent vintages sell for less at auction than in shops. Every vintage in the table since 2014 costs $95 to $106 in shops and $70 to $83 at auction. The gap is smallest for the 2014, at $95 in shops against $83 at auction. The 2009 stands out in shops at $147, with nine sellers, against $94 at auction.
Medians per 750 ml. Vintages with at least five shop sellers and five auction sales.
| Vintage | Shop median | Auction median |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | $147 | $94 |
| 2014 | $95 | $83 |
| 2016 | $105 | $72 |
| 2018 | $102 | $70 |
| 2019 | $98 | $70 |
| 2020 | $95 | $77 |
| 2021 | $106 | $74 |
| 2022 | $102 | $76 |
| 2023 | $95 | $77 |
| Vintage | Shop sellers | Shop median | Auction sales | Auction median |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 9 | $147 | 186 | $94 |
| 2014 | 5 | $95 | 134 | $83 |
| 2016 | 6 | $105 | 138 | $72 |
| 2018 | 16 | $102 | 185 | $70 |
| 2019 | 14 | $98 | 190 | $70 |
| 2020 | 24 | $95 | 242 | $77 |
| 2021 | 48 | $106 | 126 | $74 |
| 2022 | 100 | $102 | 77 | $76 |
| 2023 | 60 | $95 | 17 | $77 |
We leave a vintage out when fewer than five sellers or five sales stand behind either median. The 2024, the current release, has 77 shop sellers at a median of $86 and one auction sale so far. Per-vintage shop figures leave out stores whose listings do not state a reliable vintage.
At auction
We have 3,744 Coleraine sales with a recorded price, at 19 auction houses, from May 2002 to November 2026. Two houses dominate: Webb's in New Zealand (2,158 sales) and Langtons in Australia (1,354). Fitzgerald Auctions follows with 175. The median is $90, and half of all sales fall between $70 and $125.
The oldest vintages fetch the most. The 1982, the first Coleraine, has a median of $257 across 31 sales, and the 1984 $266 across nine. Four lots are listed under 1980 and 1981, before the first vintage, so they can't be Coleraine.
Most recorded sales date from 2018 on. The median by year of sale peaked at $165 in 2021, then eased to $78 in 2025. It stands at $92 so far in 2026.
All vintages, per 750 ml, buyer's premium included. Fewer than 50 sales a year before 2018. 2026 runs to November 3.
| Year | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | $51 | 43 sales |
| 2015 | $49 | 38 sales |
| 2016 | $51 | 18 sales |
| 2017 | $76 | 15 sales |
| 2018 | $87 | 137 sales |
| 2019 | $108 | 266 sales |
| 2020 | $109 | 242 sales |
| 2021 | $165 | 279 sales |
| 2022 | $120 | 338 sales |
| 2023 | $89 | 537 sales |
| 2024 | $82 | 611 sales |
| 2025 | $78 | 516 sales |
| 2026 | $92 | 485 sales |
| Year of sale | Sales | Median |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 43 | $51 |
| 2015 | 38 | $49 |
| 2016 | 18 | $51 |
| 2017 | 15 | $76 |
| 2018 | 137 | $87 |
| 2019 | 266 | $108 |
| 2020 | 242 | $109 |
| 2021 | 279 | $165 |
| 2022 | 338 | $120 |
| 2023 | 537 | $89 |
| 2024 | 611 | $82 |
| 2025 | 516 | $78 |
| 2026 | 485 | $92 |
On restaurant lists
Coleraine is on 170 restaurant wine lists in our data, collected between February 2025 and November 2026. Nearly all are in New Zealand (139 lists marked New Zealand, plus a few with other spellings), and one is in the US. The median list price is $208 a bottle, and half the lists price it between $152 and $257.
Coleraine in the Te Mata Estate range
Te Mata makes a set of showcase wines, including Coleraine, Awatea and Bullnose, and a larger estate range (Te Mata Estate). These are the wines with the most sellers in our data, all vintages together.
| Wine | Shop sellers | Shop median |
|---|---|---|
| Te Mata Estate Vineyards Sauvignon Blanc | 428 | $20 |
| Te Mata Estate Vineyards Syrah | 281 | $15 |
| Te Mata Coleraine | 276 | $98 |
| Te Mata Estate Vineyards Chardonnay | 274 | $15 |
| Te Mata Estate Vineyards Gamay Noir | 258 | $15 |
| Te Mata Awatea Cabernets Merlot | 241 | $40 |
| Te Mata Estate Pinot Noir | 215 | $15 |
| Te Mata Bullnose Syrah | 161 | $56 |
The Coleraine row repeats the figures above. The other rows take each seller's lowest price across all vintages, with chains counted once.
Buying Coleraine
The winery sells the current release and some library vintages in its online shop. It also runs a Coleraine Club for member allocations. Older vintages come up often at auction, mostly at Webb's in New Zealand and Langtons in Australia.
See all Te Mata Estate wines on the Te Mata Estate producer page. See live Coleraine prices and auction history in Wine Labs market data.
Data methodology: Wine Labs data, November 4, 2026, for "Te Mata Estate Coleraine, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand". Shop prices are live 750 ml offers from online merchants and wine shops, one price per seller per vintage (the lowest), with each chain counted once, and with multi-bottle packs and the winery's own shop left out. Auction prices are sold lots with a recorded result, buyer's premium included, per 750 ml bottle, with mixed lots and flagged outliers left out. Restaurant prices are one bottle price per restaurant. All prices in US dollars. The one exception is the winery price, which is in New Zealand dollars and comes from Te Mata Estate's own shop. Winery, vineyard and winemaking details are from Te Mata Estate's website, linked above.