Ata Rangi Masters Pinot Noir 2020

Bewertungen

James Suckling (JamesSuckling.com): 97/100. Inviting aromas of green strawberry, hibiscus tea, milk chocolate and rosemary stem. Medium-bodied with velvety tannins and silky texture. Slightly chewy. Beautiful on the palate with lovely ground spice detailing the fresh red fruit and berries. Layered and dynamic. White pepper and coriander come through. Spicy, but pretty as well. An exciting wine. New single vineyard bottling. Sustainable. Drink or hold. Screw cap.

Erin Larkin, Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: 96/100.The 2020 Masters Pinot Noir is immediately aromatically distinct from the other wines here. It leads with a floral/orange blossom character on the nose, with blood, graphite, cherry, sumac and cracked cumin seeds. It's one thing for Pinot to taste good, but it's a whole other level of experience for it to smell good; and I feel I could smell this all day. On the palate, the wine is weighty and wide, blanketing the tongue and feeling cohesive and harmonious. The whole bunch character here works structurally, without leaving any distinct whole bunch characters. It's really great, pleasurable, distinct and exciting. It's a full 360-degree experience, with weight, aroma, flavor, spool of acid, saliva, etc. Kirsch is through the finish.

Bob Campbell, MW (The Real Review): 96/100. Youthful, supple pinot noir with an initial hint of fruit sweetness that is balanced by fine, peppery tannins that suggest cellaring potential. Floral/rose petal, cherry, plum and crushed grape stem flavours. Elegant pinot noir with power that's delivered with consummate subtlety.

Cameron Douglas MS: 96/100.  Complex, individual, a fine positive reductive quality accentuating soil and site, then ripe cherry, strawberry fruit and plum. Dry, very complex, a fine savoury quality, fabulous tannins and acid line. Complex, excellent mouthfeel, a mix of dried herb and ripe fruits, judicious oak program and long defined finish.

Mike Bennie, The Wine Front: 96/100. The 2001 planting. Owned by Helen and Ben Masters since 2015. .... Tannins strict and firm, dry and minerally, very beautiful. Clay soils. Around 70% whole bunch. Ebullient, evocactive scents of rose hip tea, cranberry, raspberry and fennel. The palate somewhat juicy, but for a stretch of fine, silty, Italianate tannins keeping things in check. Flavours re dry and savoury, dried cranberry, rose hip tea, bergamot, vermouth and crushed rocks. The finish puckering, minerally and stony. Love it.

Decanter: 95/100. Tasted by: Emma Jenkins MW (at Martinborough, New Zealand, 17 Nov 2022) Part of Ata Rangi: The Pinot Noir pioneer of Martinborough. Very upfront with lots of spice and florals (this wine is Helen’s 'negroni') but there’s a savoury, quite brooding presence beneath it all – forest floor and bloody meat. The palate is wonderfully complete and consistent from start to finish; this is not a big wine, but it has plenty of presence. Very fine tannins, quite silty by comparison to the Estate’s silkiness. Dry, structured finish, very long. 65% whole bunch. Drinking Window: 2024 - 2035.

Verkostungsnotiz

Ein volles, intensives Bouquet mit Aromen von Maulbeere, Backgewürzen, Sternanis und Rosenwasser. Die Aromen setzen sich am Gaumen zusammen mit Granatapfel, Muskatnuss und Rosmarin fort. Feine Tannine, die von einer geschmeidigen Säure getragen werden, breiten sich über die gesamte Länge des Gaumens aus.

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Zusatzinformationen

Rebsorte: 100% Pinot Noir

Weinberg: Masters Weinberg, Martinborough, Neuseeland. Der Weinberg ist im Besitz von Helen Masters, der Winzerin von Ata Rangi, und ihrer Familie. Er wurde 2002 vier Kilometer südlich der Martinborough-Terrasse angelegt. Hier sind die alluvialen Kiese mit Ton gemischt, der dazu dient, Feuchtigkeit zu speichern und den Boden kühler zu halten als an den stärker von Kies dominierten Lagen rund um das Dorf Martinborough.

Weinherstellung: 70 % ganze Traubenpressung, 11 Monate in Barriques aus französischer Eiche (30 % neu).

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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