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Ata Rangi Pinot Noir 2003

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Ata Rangi Pinot Noir (2003)

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Winery:
Ata Rangi
Varietal:
Pinot Noir
Region:
New Zealand > Wairarapa > Martinborough
Type:
Red Wine
Drink Dates:
Drink Now - 2018
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User Tags:  black cherry, fruit, stone fruits, chemical, spices, savory, earthy, fungi, spice, balance 


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Pinot Noir: Responsible for some of the greatest wines on earth - the exhausted red wines of France's Burgundy region. Pinot Noir is a notoriously fickle grape that expresses its origins like no other. It's a vine that needs to struggle to produce great wines but when it does the depth of flavors that range from cherry to cola can be explosive and the wines' bright acidity and gentle tannins make them approachable and widely appealing,

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Rating: 5/5 - As reviewed by Decanter Black cherry on the nose. Quite intense, bright fruit, fair amount of oak, good acidity, some moderate tannic grip. Quite serious wine, needing time to integrate. Drink 2007-11.


 

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On the nose there is a treasure trove of seductive aromas - sweet summer plums, plump black cherries, hints of coffee/chocolate and exotic spice. The texture is firm, with fine-grained yet sinewy, supple tannin supporting and balancing the characteristic Ata Rangi opulence and rich, lingering flavours. Older vintages show truffles and violets and an earthy, hedonistic, gamey complexity. Well cellared, this wine will also reward as the more savoury nuances evolve and it will undoubtedly be even more beguiling, more alluring after 4 or 5 years. The wine has the fruitiness of a blue-foot mushroom, read more...


 

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