Ata Rangi Martinborough Single Vineyard McCrone Pinot Noir 2024 (750ml)

A spectacular pinot noir that strikes the right balance between pure, comforting fruit and mineral tension. On the nose, forest berries, sour cherries, wild herbs and some crushed stones dominate. Medium-bodied and full of verve, offering fine-grained tannins and a velvety texture, with a succulent canter palate and a long, long finish.

This is a ripe and concentrated pinot which opens with generous aromas of grated coconut, strawberry shortbread, wild blackberry, cinnamon and ginger snaps. The full-bodied palate is both mouth-filling and complex with the dark cherry, berry fruit held in place by long, grainy tannins, ripe, tangy acidity and smoky, almost savoury nuances. A seriously structured, muscular wine which will evolve slowly, it can be approached after another year or two in bottle.

A fascinating wine, ripe and varietal with a bouquet that speaks to site first with scents of wild red flowers and dried herbs, dark berries then a seam of wood spice and soil-smoke of stone with an ashen quality. As the wine begins to open out in glass the depth and concentration this site delivers comes into focus with a purity of fruit, dark cherry and wild red berries. On the palate a young, taut and dry wine with an urgency and power from the tannins and acidity, dark berries, dried herb and wood smoke. Lengthy and persistent, a wine that will further settle and develop over the next few years with be drinking from 2033 through 2040+

A deeply flavoured and scented wine. Ripe, blackcurrants, black cherry, some sour plum notes, licorice, star anise, thyme, sage leaf and a little cardamom spice. Full in the palate, sleek with slinky tannins and trails long on ripe fruit and sweet spices. A serious, bolder pinot noir, with balance.