The Big Red Wine Book 96 points!
Bob Campbell 96 points!
The Big Red Wine Book 96 points!"Ata Rangi is one of the greats of New Zealand pinot noir and one of our personal favourites.
It has such a remarkable fragrance of roses and cherry essence that at first it presents as a simple, almost jubey wine, but given plenty of time it reveals further layers of complexity and settles down beautifully. It's mid-weight (possibly light in an Ata Rangi context) and fluid with superb fine-grained tannin and excellent flavour persistence. The wine is beautiful, and that's all that really needs to be said."
Campbell Mattinson and Gary Walsh, The Big Red Wine Book 2010/11
Bob Campbell 96 points!"This wine gives the appearance of having slightly lighter fruit flavour than usual although I suspect that some of it may be locked in by moderately assertive and slightly sappy tannins - it certainly shows no lack of power. I love the mix of bright cherry and dark-fleshed plum flavours with floral/violet characters that mark it as a very classy Pinot NoIr indeed. It's a serious wine in an elegant style with good development potential. Above all it carries the Ata Rangi trademark of great finesse."
Bob Campbell MW, www.bobswinereviews.com
Country:
New Zealand
Region:
NZ- Martinborough
Variety:
Wine Red - Pinot noir
Size:
750mL
