First planted in 1999, Alma is the finest expression of Te Mata Estate’s commitment to great New Zealand pinot noir. Alma expresses brooding cherry and delicious ripe, dark plum flavours that unfurl with savoury wildwood scents of truffle and spice.
Sam Kim, Wine Orbit 96/100
This is sweetly fruited and seductively fragrant, revealing ripe cherry, Black Doris plum, smoked game, thyme, olive, and toasted almond characters with an Asian spice undertone. It’s silkysmooth and supple in the mouth, offering a beautifully layered mouthfeel backed by finely infused tannins, making it superbly structured with a sustained, complex finish. Feb 2026
Dave Brookes, Halliday’s Wine Companion 96/100
Te Mata's showcase pinot noir sourced from the Dartmoor vineyard, 6% whole bunch and matured in French oak, 30% new for 11 months. Bright and perfumed with lifted red cherry, raspberry and red plum fruit suffused with exotic spice, light leaf litter, crushed herbs, charcuterie, poached rhubarb, dried shiitake and crushed riverstone. Silken with a supple fruit flow and a spacious mouthfeel. Creamy, fine tannins, a fine mineral cadence and a long, slender finish.
