offering intense black raspberry and lavender pastille flavors that put on weight with air

intense and moreish

5-hectare plot of 65+-year-old vines at the top of the Paje vineyard

Refined and complex

isn’t at its usual level

Ata Rangi, Pinot Noir Vintage:2019 offering intense black raspberry andStill rather firm in texture, the 2014 Pinot Noir offers up leafy, tomato like notes that are nicely balanced by black cherries and earth. It's medium to full bodied, then turns velvety on the long finish, with at least another decade of life ahead of it. Just days before my visit, Helen Masters was named New Zealand Winemaker of the Year by Gourmet Traveller Wine, which just shows I'm not alone in my admiration for her remarkable achievements at Ata