Community Tasting Notes 2

• tanduybui Likes this wine: 89 points

  November 18, 2021 - 50% Syrah, 40% Merlot, 10% Cabernet Sauvignon.
  
  Not an overly complex wine. Still youthful and still some distance to run. Initially. it was a bit of a dull wine struggling to wake up but as it opened up, it became quite pleasant. Racy for a red wine but don't overthink it.
  
  Drink now to 2026+

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• MRichman wrote:

  August 18, 2012 - Juicy dark fruit with black coffee, dry herb, blackberry, leather and menthol. Toasty oak and deep acid on finish. Green pepper. Not sweet but lush. Seems similar to a South African Cabernet in that there is lush new world styled fruit but also a herbal green veggie streak and a lot of dark French oak to keep a foot in the old world style. I recently had a Craggy Range Sophia that had many of the same characteristics. A pretty big wine with a lot of class. A strong and serious wine. Could use a couple of years of bottle age.
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  Day 3 this wine is still going strong.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2009
• Type Red
• Producer Ata Rangi
• Varietal Red Blend
• Designation Célèbre
• Vineyard n/a
• Country New Zealand
• Region North Island
• SubRegion Wairarapa
• Appellation Martinborough
• UPC Codes 836865000028, 9421013422169

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• In Cellars 16 (30%)
• Consumed 38 (70%)

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