2006 Ata Rangi Pinot Noir

Community Tasting Notes (43) Avg Score: 91.1 points

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View WindFlyer's profile
  • Report Issue

  5/11/2023 - WindFlyer Likes this wine: 95 Points

  eleven-vintage Ata Rangi vertical (K&L Redwood City): dark ruby turning garnet at the edges. earthy, peppery and slightly gamey aromas mingle with damask rose
  petals as whiffs of rhubarb, pomegranate, raspberry and cherry dance around the nose. fresh and youthful on the entry, the fruit layers peel back against a mineral vein, accented by spice, truffle, and touches of savoury herb notes. resolved tannins, remarkable depth and grand cru-like finish.
  
  very elegant and balanced wine likely at its peak and with lots of life ahead. i wish i had a bottle!
  25% new oak for twelve months
  
  [something of a favourable season with a normal-sized crop. generally warm days and cool nights made for vibrant, pure fruit]

  Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View LindsayM's profile
  • Report Issue

  10/23/2021 - LindsayM Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Mature NZ Pinot good colour ruby plenty of dark fruits still few years to go

  Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View LB88's profile
  • Report Issue

  5/28/2020 - LB88 wrote: 91 Points

  It was interesting drinking a 14 year old screw cap bottle! Wine was still quite fresh with a little amber hue and developing some secondary Flavour which made the wine a little more complex. Nice!

  1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comment

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View salua's profile
  • Report Issue

  7/12/2019 - salua wrote: 94 Points

  Beautiful, fully developed nose. Lovely balanced fruit from the front thru the middle with full, long, lingering finish. This wine is surprisingly vibrant. Plenty of life left under screw cap. One of the better Ata Rangi's. Top notch NZ pinot.

  2 people found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comment

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View VinCapitan's profile
  • Report Issue

  6/3/2018 - VinCapitan wrote: 91 Points

  deep dark black cherry, Campari, cola, earth. swampy. Black mulchy forest. Slightly warm. Not imbalanced. Pretty good but smoked by the 2004 Bouchard clos de beze alongside it

  Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment

View all 43 Community Tasting Notes

Professional reviews have copyrights and you can view them here for your personal use only as private content. To view pro reviews you must either subscribe to a pre-integrated publication or manually enter reviews below. Learn more.