Ata Rangi Martinborough Pinot Noir 2020
Ata Rangi is renowned for its Pinot Noir and is widely regarded to be among New Zealand’s top Pinot Noir producers. They were awarded Five Stars in the ‘2019 Great New Zealand Pinot Noir Classification’ by Matthew Jukes and Tyson Stelzer, for their wines' consistent gold medal standard. At the 2010 International Pinot Noir Conference, Ata Rangi Pinot Noir was one of two producers granted the title of ‘Tipuranga Teitei o Aotearoa’ (which translates from Māori as ‘Great Growth of New Zealand’ or ‘Grand Cru’), in recognition of their unique site and of the family’s commitment to evolving and developing New Zealand Pinot Noir. Their oldest Pinot Noir vines, which include a clone allegedly smuggled over from Burgundy, were planted in 1980. The fabled Ata Rangi Pinot Noir is textural, deep and seamlessly balanced. Made from the estate’s oldest parcels planted 42 years ago, it has long been the standard bearer for Martinborough Pinot Noir. Notes of ripe, dark berry fruits, star anise, crushed red rose and violets on the nose. The palate opens smoothly into full flavours of rose hip and dark plums with fine, layered tannins and seamless minerality that carries the wine to a long, elegant finish.
