Ata Rangi Pinot Noir 2024

97 POINTS

James Suckling

This single-vineyard chardonnay shows a trendy flinty character that gives it lots of mineral and crushed stone aromas. Medium-bodied with a linear and racy finish of sliced apples, pears and just a hint of wood. Fresh and lively. Drink or hold. Screw cap

95 POINTS

Gary Walsh - The Wine Front

A very good year for NZ in general. I opened this last night and tried a small glass and thought it looked kind of closed up, so I’m coming back to it today. It has 40% whole bunch, unfined and unfiltered. Cherry, raspberry, earthy and spicy, an kind of exotic perfume here, mandarin peel and rose oil in particular, some amaro bitters. It’s medium-bodied, again has an earthy almost smoky character to it, but also bright cherry and red fruits, quite some mouth-perfume, a firm chamois-like grip to tannin, closing with excellent length and a twist of orange peel. A firmly structured vintage this one, needing a fair amount of bottle age to reveal itself.

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Mike Bennie - Halliday Wine Companion

Very pretty perfume of red cherry, green tomato, a touch of jalapeño, some dark chocolate and, curiously, a little exotic, tropical floral lift. Juicy in the palate, with a wrap of fine, silty tannins drawn long to a fine, bright finish. A little extra dusting of woody spices emerges, too. A wine of joy and approachability.