2017 Ata Rangi Pinot Noir McCrone

Community Tasting Notes (5) Median Score: 94 points

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  2/10/2024 - HowardNZ Likes this wine:

  Brief note written from memory. A cooler vintage pinot. Vibrant acidity, precise, dark fruited. Clean and herbal, with bramble and savoury nuance. Very Martinborough. A top McCrone. Drink out to 2035+.

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  11/22/2023 - Irish_Wine Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Open from first pour but kept getting better with air. Starting to tend towards garnet. Super expressive on the nose. Red and black cherry. Layers of clove, earth and smoke. Touches of leather and dried cranberry. Great palate intensity with crunchy cherry fruit, fine tannins, and vibrant acidity. Incredible persistence on the finish with a savoury touch. Seriously good. Drink now or hold.

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  1/29/2023 - evanqian wrote: 94 Points

  sour cherry, juicy and fruity, sweet core with beautiful savoury flavours, mushroom, earth. underlying some florals, rose and violet. bright and racy acidity, silky and dry tannins, m/m+ body, balanced and elegant, m+ finish with some liquorice, black tea and vanilla notes. very nice cool climate style, enjoyable now though has potential of long time aging.
  
  WE 98, Falstaff 96
  
  Ap 5/5, Ar 13/15, Palate 17/20, Overall 5+4/10
  Total 94+/100

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  2/12/2022 - HowardNZ Likes this wine:

  2021 Martinborough weekend with Kai, Marion and friends (Wairarapa, NZ): This is a single vineyard wine. The McCrone vineyard was planted in 2001 with the Abel clone (Martinborough’s most distinctive clone), Dijon selections (115 and 777) and Clone 5. The site is distinctly different to most of Ata Rangi’s more gravel-dominant soils. Distinctive clay deposits originate from a seam that winds its way through the Terrace and fans out over the gravels. The major characteristics are the water-holding ability that the clay brings and temperature, that tends to be much cooler than that of more gravelly locations elsewhere on the terrace. Organic certification since 2014.
  
  The product of a cooler vintage. Whole bunch 45%. Lighter colour than the other two pinots. A lifted, spicy bouquet of blackberries and dark cherries with touches of cranberry. Detailed, earthy and savoury. A spicy, broad palate of mainly dark cherry and berry fruit. Some tartness to the cherry. Precise acids. Smoky with graphite, minerals and dry soil. Satiny tannins and mouthfeel. Wine of the tasting. Drink from now to approximately 2040. A top quality pinot noir from one of NZ’s best producers.

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  7/28/2019 - Marc wrote: 89 Points

  The Magnum Society tasting with Helen Masters, winemaker of Ata Rangi (Wellington, New Zealand): Light, but has a more-complex and earthy nose than the standard cuvee in this vintage. Marvellous palate feel for the vintage. It is expressive of the 2017 vintage, but displays a lot of depth.

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