ATA RANGI PINOT NOIR 2022

Matthew Jukes
"This stunning estate makes the most revered Pinot Noir in New Zealand."

Lisa Perotti-Brown MW
"…the long-serving, dedicated team behind Ata Rangi just go from strength to strength. Their Pinots have always been great and yet, even in a world where the Pinot benchmark gets higher every year, Ata Rangi is better than ever."

Yvonne Lorkin
"You’d be hard-pressed to find a list of ‘Best NZ Pinot Noir’ that does not feature Ata Rangi at the top of the list."

Winery notes (2022 Vintage)
"Made from only our oldest pinot noir plantings on the Martinborough Terrace, this wine is the best of all our vineyards in 2022. The result is a complex, elegant wine, beautifully perfumed in the classic Ata Rangi style.

An amazingly fragrant nose of clove, cardamom and cinnamon lift from the glass which then further opens to more red notes of rosehip and grilled strawberry. More savoury notes of cranberry, lamb jus and orange peel spread through the palate. Full and smooth, the palate is velvety, balanced and buoyed by a fresh acidity that gives concentration and length. This is a satisfying and welcoming wine, open and playful now but with our usual thread of tannin and acid that makes these wines remarkable with age.

40% whole bunch with the remainder destemmed, fermentation by indigenous yeasts. Total tank time 15- 23 days. After pressing, complete malolactic ferment in oak. 11 months total in French oak (30% new), then blended and held for further 8 months prior to bottling."

5 Stars & 98/100 Sam Kim, Wine Orbit, February 2025 (2022 Vintage)
"Stunning and captivating, the wine shows dark berry, warm spice, porcini, and toasted almond characters with an elegant floral overtone. The palate is equally enticing with outstanding concentration and depth, combined with silky flow and beautifully infused fine tannins, making it wonderfully structured with finesse and sophistication. Gorgeously proportioned and harmonious with a sustained, graceful finish. At its best: 2027 to 2042."

Rated Outstanding & 95/100 Cameron Douglas MS, February 2025 (2022 Vintage)
"The bouquet is an immediate signature of the Wairarapa, Martinborough and Ata Rangi. Scents of clay and stony brown soils layered between scents of dark red berry scents and barrel spices, fine lees and complexity that can only come from vine age, barrel selection and attention to detail winemaking. Flavours of drying strawberries and cherry flesh, savoury spice layers of clove and vanilla then an abundance of texture from fine polished tannins and acid line that coats the palate with flavour and complexity. A delicious wine to melt your palate into. Best from any day you choose as well as 2026 through 2036+."

94+/100 Erin Larkin, Wine Advocate, Dcember 2023 (2022 Vintage)
"The 2022 Pinot Noir is lighter than the 2020 and softer than the 2021. In 2022, the decision was made not to release any single-vineyard wines "because they didn't express the character that we were hoping for in that vintage," says Winemaker Helen Masters. On the nose, there's white strawberry, cherry, pomegranate pearls and even a hint of raspberry leaf. In the mouth, the wine is pink peppercorn, open and yet compact, open-weave without being loose. There's clarity. It's lovely. The best fruit from the three single vineyards and the older estate vineyards make up this wine, yet the overall volume of the Ata Rangi Pinot Noir remains the same. Interesting to note that in 2023, there was no Ata Rangi 2023 made; all of the fruit flowed to the Crimson cuvée, the first time in the estate's 39 years."

17/20 Julia Harding MW, JancisRobinson.com, April 2025 (2022 Vintage)
"Mid crimson. Enticingly fragrant with aromatic dark-red fruit, pure Pinot aroma. Neither sweet nor savoury, neither ripe nor stemmy. Relatively light-bodied, beautifully balanced between the fruit, mouth-watering freshness and extremely fine tannins. None of the sweetness that can make Pinot in Marlborough taste simple, this has the more savoury Martinborough character with just a touch of spice from the oak on the finish. Still very youthful with greater bottle-aged complexity sure to come."