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2024 Ata Rangi, Pinot Noir, Martinborough

There is no denying Ata Rangi’s pedigree: they have vineyards planted with the famous ‘Gumboot’ clone, which can allegedly be traced back to a single cutting taken from Burgundy’s Domaine de la Romanee-Conti; and in 2010, the estate was honoured with the inaugural Tipuranga Teitei o Aotearoa award, which translates from Maori as Grand Cru of New Zealand.

As Andrew Neather writes in Decanter, “Pinot Noir remains Martinborough’s speciality”. And whilst the quality of Ata Rangi’s wines continues to compete with Grand Crus from the Old World, winemaker Helen Masters notes that “there’s been the evolution of a style” in the region so that the wines are now “more expressive, less extracted, lighter on their feet” than in the 1990s.

2024 was “a very good year for NZ in general” (The Wine Front), and just so happens to be Helen’s favourite vintage since she joined the cellar in 2003. Rebecca Gibb MW (Vinous) writes that Helen “nails it every year”; in 2024, without any extreme weather events, the fruit was in pristine condition for harvest, developing with great acidity, depth of flavour and a fine structure. The resulting wine in bottle is “a big, bold pinot with sumptuous fruit”. You can be sure that we’ll be following the advice of Master Sommelier Cameron Douglas, in “buying a dozen (frankly more is better) to lay down” and enjoy for years to come.

“A wine to buy and cellar, this is a stellar wine”

Cameron Douglas MS

97 Points, Huon Hooke, Real Review

“Deep colour with a good tint of purple; sour plum, sap and black cherry aromas, plum jam with the skins included, the palate very full, sweetly ripe and juicy, with a sheen of tannins that is perfectly harmonised, the persistence prodigious. A big, bold pinot with sumptuous fruit: all its pieces in perfect balance and promising a long and productive life…”

97 Points (Outstanding), Cameron Douglas MS

“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.”

96 Points, Kevin Davy, JamesSuckling.com

“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…”

95+ Points, Gary Walsh, Wine Front

“Cherry, raspberry, earthy and spicy, a kind of exotic perfume here, mandarin peel and rose oil in particular, some amaro bitters. It’s medium-bodied, again has an earthy almost smoky character to it, but also bright cherry and red fruits, quite some mouth-perfume, a firm chamois-like grip to tannin, closing with excellent length and a twist of orange peel. A firmly structured vintage this one, needing a fair amount of bottle age to reveal itself.”

94 Points, Mike Bennie, Wine Companion

“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.”

Why Buy?

Reasons to drink, collect, or invest

2024 is an outstanding vintage in Martinborough and Ata Rangi’s Pinot Noir is “completely delicious” (Cameron Douglas MS).
In addition to being one of the finest wines of New Zealand, Ata Rangi is among the ‘best in class’ of any Pinot Noir around the world below £500 per case.
This “stellar wine” should be bought by the dozen so that you can pull corks on arrival, and have several bottles to enjoy throughout the wine’s evolution throughout the 2030s and beyond.

More on Ata Rangi

The name Ata Rangi translates as ‘new beginning’ which is very apt as the vines, which date back to the 1980s, were planted with the illicit “Gumboot” clone, a globally famous variety in the Martinborough region that can allegedly be traced back to a single cutting taken from Burgundy’s Domaine de la Romanée-Conti which was then smuggled into New Zealand in the mid-1970s. It should come as no surprise then that the wines of Ata Rangi are unlike any other you are likely to encounter from the new world. Instead they draw more comparison to those hailing from its spiritual home on the Cote d’Or…