2015 Ata Rangi Pinot Noir McCrone

Community Tasting Notes (6) Avg Score: 90.5 points

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  2/12/2022 - domthesomm Likes this wine:

  Maraschino cherries, green peppercorn, potted soil, hibiscus, pomegranate, red currents, oregano, black tea, and a touch of baking spice. Smooth tannins with lovely acidity. A great wine at a great value. Took 45 minutes to open up. Only complaint is that the finish was rather short.

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  9/10/2019 - CamWheeler wrote: 90 Points

  Negociants Australia New Release Tasting 2019: Chocolate, strawberry and blueberry. Rich fruit on the palate with the structure holding up well - good acid and texture. Different in style, but still very nice.

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  9/5/2019 - Paul S wrote: 89 Points

  Tasting at Ata Rangi (Ata Rangi, Martinborough): I was not a great fan of this wine. An okay drink, but not one I would drink on a regular basis. Like the straight Ata Rangi Pinot that preceded it, this started out well, with a lovely Burgundian nose - lots of earthy soil, then dark cherries and wild berries, with a ring of florals around it all. Very nice. The Palate had a cool, rather backward feel to it though. Rather tight and unyielding, with firm but finely knit tannins forming a sinewy structure behind flavours of sour cherries and berries. All a bit rustic and clumsy on the extraction I thought, leading into a finish that was rather too tough and oaky, with a touch of earthiness trailing away on a bite of woody, brambly tannins.

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  7/28/2019 - Marc wrote: 90 Points

  The Magnum Society tasting with Helen Masters, winemaker of Ata Rangi (Wellington, New Zealand): Lean, but has slightly more power than the standard cuvee in this vintage. Direct, fruit driven, very dry.

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  7/18/2019 - chatters wrote:

  Working wine wine Seminar two Burgundy, Beguiling, Bewildering and Beautiful (Est. Restaurant, George Street, Sydney): Again polished fruit but more dark hued here with flattering oak, savoury spice. The palate proves savoury and very slightly sour, slightly grainy tannins on the mid palate, the black berry fruit is more present, quite dense. Time will probably help.

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