1999 Ata Rangi Pinot Noir

Community Tasting Notes (6) Avg Score: 89.8 points

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  11/12/2023 - cliftonng wrote: 91 Points

  The nose is initially animale and earthy, but then settles to show balanced fruit and floral notes. There is still a good amount of fruit on the palate where the acidity is starting to become prominent and the tannins are mostly resolved.

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  12/25/2020 - Marc wrote: 89 Points

  Boxing Day Lunch (Wanaka Wedge House, Queensberry, Central Otago, New Zealand): Drunk at the age of 21 years, I was to expecting anything of this bottle, but I was surprised to a find a wine (while almost certainly in decline) still in maturity. Dense and meaty, with undergrowth and cow s**t character, this is a new world expression of great Burgundy smelling of cherries and ****. There is a hint id decay in the finish, and perhaps the finish is slightly drying out, but overall there is a surprising amount of tannic structure, and fruit ripeness to be found in the very tertiary wine. Excellent.

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  12/18/2013 - Drinking Trees wrote:

  Nose of nectarine, mandarin, cranberry and pork belly. Juicy, fruity, surprisingly youthful palate, with flavours of black cherry, raspberry, cranberry and cassia bark. Fresh mandarin on the finish. With time, notes of star anise and orange juice emerge on the nose and palate.

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  12/19/2010 - Paul S wrote: 88 Points

  Drinks at Taberna (Binjai Park): Decent, but not great. Started off really, really rough actually - all tight and alcoholic. Nose had a woosh of glycerol followed by wood varnish and indistinct dark fruit. It needed about a couple of hours in the decanter before it toned down to show dark cherries, plums and earthhy herbs. The palate was much the same. Opening with a blast of spice and sweet alcohol, and then curling up into a tight package with old wood and coffee finish. It seemed like the fruit may have dropped off, leaving behind a shell of wood, acid and alcohol. A Pinot on steroids, and a rather grumpy one at that. Thankfully, this too opened up with time time. The alcohol toned down a bit, some sweetness came off, and some rich dark cherry fruit started emerging, along with a bit of peppery spice and a leafy finish.I must say that the balance was very decent. At one point, Peter, who came in much later than the rest of us, actually guessed it as a Burg when tasted blind, something that would have been nigh impossible to do on first pour. All inall a decent new world Pinot, but nothing much else.

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  2/28/2010 - B Quinn wrote: 90 Points

  Was still showing remarkably well given age. Still with very good fruit and with a typical earthiness of Martinborough. Would however drink up as will not improve further.

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