Ata Rangi, Pinot Noir, Martinborough 2020

Name: 2020 Ata Rangi, Pinot Noir, Martinborough
Brand: Ata Rangi
SKU: 112578020200600750-IB
Price: 774.0 USD
Availability: InStock

Ata Rangi

98James Suckling

96Rebecca Gibb MW

94Emma Jenkins MW

+1 more

$774.00

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Bonded provenance

Climate-controlled storage & transit

Complimentary express shipping

Drinking window

2023 · opens 2026–2030 · peak 2035

now +9 yrs

Can drink, will improve · best from 2026 · will keep to 2035.

Tasting notes

James Suckling · James Suckling · 98

A beautiful nose of sliced strawberries, crushed cherries, violets, grated nutmeg and a hint of white pepper. Some hibiscus, too. Supremely vibrant and perfumed with fine tannins that run the length of the medium-bodied palate. Textural. Ground spice and fresh fruit are intertwined, providing wonderful depth and complexity. So long as well. Seamless balance. Superb. Sustainable. Drink or hold. Screw cap.

Rebecca Gibb MW · Vinous · 96

The 2020 Pinot Noir reminds me of walking into a cathedral - that quiet, cool hush that falls as you walk through its doors. This is harmonious, supple, unshowy and unforced. Hailing from old vines and delicately textured despite the abundance of fruit concentration. Refined tannins with the finest of gravelly textures, akin to licking a stone. Scented yet restrained, with a fragrance of sweet red fruit, tea leaf and cedar spices with persistent acidity that carries it. Very complete and already approachable.

Emma Jenkins MW · Decanter · 94

Very perfumed and pretty with orange blossom, cloves and lots of bright fruit – more reds than blacks (though ripe blackberry is a recurrent theme throughout the Estate vintages). An earthy spiciness emerges with time in the glass. Quite taut across the palate with a nice sense of delicacy and finesse that belies the concentration (and exuberant nose). Fine silky tannins and good build to the finish. A baby. 40% whole bunch. A harvest that will be remembered not only for covid restrictions but also for Mother Nature delivering wonderfully concentrated, clean fruit.

Erin Larkin · Wine Advocate · 94

The 2020 Kotinga Pinot Noir is savoury, gravelly and spiced. The wine has a gentle bone broth persuasion through the middle palate, with star anise and sumac, hints of ginger root, clove, cherry pip and salted red liquorice, and there's a gentle walnut character, with red apple acidity at the core. This is a wonderful complex and layered wine. Quite exciting. There is a lovely undulating flow of flavour through the long finish. 14% alcohol, sealed under screw cap.

This is 40% whole bunch and goes into one big oak foudre, not stored in 228-liter barriques. The clones here are 100% Dijon clones, which are also distinct from the other wines. "How do I help this site define what it is," says Helen Masters. Ata Rangi purchased the site in 2014, after leasing it since 2007. They converted it to organics after that. "It wasn't until 2020 that the site had an identity that validated it as a single-vineyard expression," says Masters.

Drink 2023 - 2035

Catalog details

Appellation

RegionWairarapa

Vintage2020

ColorRed

Top Score98 · James Suckling

Format750 ml

SourceMerchant

StorageBonded warehouse