Ata Rangi 'Kotinga' Pinot Noir 2021, Martinborough

A wonderful sense of place and variety with a bouquet of fresh flowers and soil, a savoury complexity then scents of cherries and plums, some raspberry compote and perfumes from lees and site. A dry wine touches the palate first, with a tautness and youthful energy, firm-ish yet ripe polished tannins. The palate takes a while to dissolve the tannins leaving behind a complex and engaging wines led by fruit, structure and poise. Acidity sets the backbone of the structure in place, along with tannins, then flavours of cherries and plums, then savoury spice layers return. Delicious, textured, velvety and long, a wine for the cellar with best drinking likely from 2027 through 2037+.

96 Points

Outstanding

RRP from $125.00

There’s some new packaging for the Ata Rangi Wines - look out for this very stylish 4-pack. It includes some vineyard Maps to help you get the sense of place I often refer to with these wines.