Ata Rangi Kotinga Pinot Noir 2020

Bewertungen

James Suckling (JamesSuckling.com): 96/100. Perfumed aromas of sliced strawberries, grated nutmeg, milk chocolate, wild thyme, violet and orange peel. Some mushroom. Medium- to full-bodied with silky, textured tannins that are soaked in beautifully fresh red fruit and berries. Floral and nuanced on the palate with subtle concentration and length. A beautiful wine. New single vineyard bottling. Best after 2024.

Mike Bennie, The Wine Front: 96/100. Tannin profile marked here, for quality. A vineyard planted in 2000 to Dijon clones (no Abel). Gravel soil. Includes 40% whole bunch. Aged in used foudre. The idea is to retain the sappy, crunchiness of the inherent personality of the site. A first time release out of foudre for Ata Rangi. Interesting, the reduction and tannin in this wine from previous owners was overt, while farmed conventionally, and organic conversion (and now certification) has reduced or eliminated this now. Higher toned perfume, game meat, dried rose petal, red cherry, a bit more of a savoury lead in. The palate supports this, powdery tannins in a web cinching red cherry, game meat, white pepper and dusty, rose petal characters too. Trim, structured, a bit autumnal and very good. The tannins almost Italianate a highlight. Super stuff.

Bob Campbell, MW (The Real Review): 96/100. This vineyard was planted in 2000 in free-draining alluvial gravels. Ripe and moderately concentrated wine that is distinctively different to the other single-vineyard pinots with less savoury influence and more pronounced fruit with a backbone of sweet, soft tannins. Brilliant wine .

Cameron Douglas MS: 95/100.  Expressive bouquet with a sense of place first then aromas of darker plums and berries, some black currant moments then savoury spices from barrel, lees and wood smoke. Dry on the palate with a lovely almost chalky leesish mouthfeel, fruit flavours reflect the bouquet, there's a wonderful energy about this wine. Primary still, lengthy and complex.

Verkostungsnotiz

Anregender Duft von Kirsche, roter Johannisbeere, Pflaume, Muskatnuss und etwas Veilchen bestimmen das Bouquet. Der Gaumen öffnet sich mit einem Schwung geschmeidiger Tannine, die von frischer Säure getragen werden. Aromen von roten Früchten und Wacholder breiten sich bis zum Ende des Gaumens aus.

Charakteristische Aromen:

Zusatzinformationen

Rebsorte: 100% Pinot Noir

Weinberg: Kotinga Weinberg, Martinborough, Neuseeland. Dieser Weinberg, der im Jahr 2001 am Rande der Martinborough-Terrasse angelegt wurde, ist der steinigste und am besten durchlässige Weinberg von Ata Rangi.

Weinherstellung: Trauben wurden zu 60% entrappt, Gärung mit einer Spitzentemperatur von 31°C, malolaktische Gärung in französischen Eichenfässern, Reifung für 11 Monate im 2280l Fass.

Tipp: leicht unter Zimmertemperatur bei 16-18°C servieren, damit die Aromen voll zur Geltung kommen und mindestens 1 Stunde dekantieren.

Produziert und abgefüllt von: Ata Rangi Vineyard, PO Box 43, Martinborough 5741, New Zealand

Verantwortlicher Lebensmittelunternehmer/Einführer: vinabonus GmbH, Simmedenweg 40, 34134 Kassel, Deutschland

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