ATA RANGI PINOT NOIR 2024

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 (2024 Vintage)
"Martinborough Terrace old vines 6 locations on the Martinborough terrace Our first release of the Ata Rangi Pinot Noir was in 1985. A blend of our oldest vines across 6 of our vineyards on the alluvial gravels, this is our signature wine.

Classic Ata Rangi aromas of sweet, dried hay and sage meld with bright fruit, notes of cranberry and ripe strawberry. The palate is supple with finely textured tannins that give the sensation of velvet. The acid interplays with the tannins to give a fresh vibrant finish. Complex but whimsical. Native yeasts, 40% whole bunch Certified Organic + Unfined + Unfiltered."

5 Stars & 97/100 Stephen Wong MW, The Real Review (2024 Vintage)
"This reluctantly opens with a complex amalgam of blueberry, raspberry and cherry; a whiff of sweet vanilla oak; earthy, peppery spice and a brooding undertow. The palate remains closed and reticent despite vigorous aeration, but it has excellent balance between ripe spicy warmth, etched acidity and finely detailed yet structural tannins. Impressively long and expansive on the finish, this quietly majestic wine possesses innate power and will need a few years in the cellar before it reveals its true qualities."

Rated Outstanding & 97/100 Cameron Douglas MS, June 2026 (2024 Vintage)
"A wine to buy and cellar, this is a stellar wine, taut and locked-up yet revealing just enough power and concentration to show that you should be buying a dozen (frankly more is better) to lay down and consider opening the first bottle in 2030 – just to check. A completely delicious and seductive bouquet suggesting myriad red berries framed by echoes of dried herb and soil then wood smoke and nut, an ever-so-gentle reductive seam and flinty moment. Pure, dry, ripe and complex. A wine that repeats its story, like a a great- movie where you notice something different each time you watch it. Complex, lengthy and delicious, a wine for 2031 through 2041+."

96/100 James Suckling (2024 Vintage)
"Lively and inspired. On the nose, red cherries, strawberries, dried orange rind and some peppercorns dominate. Medium-bodied, showing fine, silky tannins, bright acidity and refined texture. There is tension on the palate, a vertical dimension bringing vitality and character. Juicy fruit balances the crisp, stony and lingering finish."

94/100 Mike Bennie, James Halliday's Wine Companion (2024 Vintage)
"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."