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2016 Ata Rangi Pinot Noir, Martinborough

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ATAPIN166
98

"...the long-serving, dedicated team behind Ata Rangi just go from strength to strength. Their Pinots have always been great and yet, even in a world where the Pinot benchmark gets higher every year,

Ata Rangi is better than ever."

 Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW, eRobertParker.com

 Ata Rangi makes the most revered Pinot Noir in New Zealand. You’d be hard-pressed to find a list of Best New Zealand Pinot Noir that does not feature Ata Rangi at the top of the list. 2016 Ata Rangi Pinot is yet another stunning effort from Clive Paton and the winemaker Helen Masters.

The fabled Adel clone is the back-bone of this wine (up to 40%), allegedly smuggled from Burgundy in the mid-70’s, together with only the oldest parcels of fruit.

 The wine is very complex, structured, beautifully perfumed in the classic Ata Rangi style. Exotic spice of star anise with dark cherry and rose petal on the nose. The palate is bright, fluid and focused. Fine tannins build through the mid -palate carrying the wine to a long elegant finish.


Moderately deep ruby-red colour, lighter on the rim with purple hues. The nose is elegantly proportioned with taut and tightly bound aromas of ripe black cherry and black berried fruits entwined with savoury dark herbs, revealing complexing nuances of undergrowth and minerals, unveiling some whole bunch stalk perfumes. This has refined and serious detail. Medium-bodied, the palate has rich, sweet and succulently vibrant flavours of black cherries and black berried fruits melded with savoury dark herbs, complex whole bunch stalk elements, unfolding subtle notes of violet florals and minerals. The fruit possesses great vitality and energy, and is supported by plenty of fine-grained, flowery tannin extraction, with gently refreshing, lacy acidity. The palate has wonderful concentration and linearity and the wine carries with real drive to a very long and sustained finish of black fruits, savoury dark herbs and whole bunch nuances.

This is a superbly concentrated Pinot Noir possessing flavours of Abel clone influenced black fruits, savoury dark herbs and complex whole bunch notes on a refined and well-structured palate with immense vitality. Match with slow-cooked game meat dishes over the next 8-10+ years.A blend of clones, approx. 40% Abel, with 5, Dijon clones and 10/5 from the company’s oldest vines, indigenous yeast fermented with 30% whole clusters to 13.0% alc., the wine spending 20-26 days on skins and aged 11 months in 35% new French oak, blended, and then held for a further 6 months.

19.5/20 points  Raymond Chan


This has all the cherry and spice and perfume that defines this consistently stunning pinot noir, as well as a sense of immense freshness. The palate has deceptive lightness and tannins that are supple and caressing and that kick fresh and expansive out through the finish. Succulent and elegant. A great vintage for this wine. Drink now. Screw cap.

98 points James Suckling   Top100 Wines Of 2017


Elegant, supple and very vibrant pinot noir, with seductively-layered floral, red rose, cherry, red fruits, dried herb and mixed spice flavours. Very long and linear wine that demonstrated real power delivered with great subtlety. A wonderfully pure pinot noir with a distinctive house/vineyard style and a proven ability to age graciously 4/6/2018 Drink 2018 to 2030

98 points Bob Campbell MW


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Wine Type Red Wine
Wine Style Certified Organic
Country New Zealand
Region Martinborough
Varietals Pinot Noir
Vintage 2016
Bottle Size 750ml
Wine Points 98
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