2020 Ata Rangi Pinot Noir McCrone Vineyard

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Score 93/100 · Drink 2023-2035, Erin Larkin, Wine Advocate, Dec 2023

The 2020 McCrone Vineyard Pinot Noir is great. This leads with salted tomato, cherry and caper brine. This is mineral as hell, tight, expansive and spicy and gray in color spectrum; it's not all ribald cherry/berry fruit. There is drama here—floral and rocky with ferruginous tannins. I like it. 14% alcohol, sealed under screw cap. Forty percent is whole cluster in the ferment, matured in barrique (25% new). The McCrone Vineyard is clay and gravels and is about 600 meters from the winery. It holds moisture but ripens earlier than the Masters (another clay site).

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93
93/100

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17
17/20

Jancis Robinson MW

93
93/100

Erin Larkin, Wine Advocate

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17 points
Jancis Robinson MW
Score 17/20 · Drink 2024-2031, Jancis Robinson MW, Feb 2023

Abel, Dijon and clone 5. Certified organic (BioGro). Same winemaking as the multi-vineyard blend. Pale garnet. Round and juicy with a little savoury note and much gentler tannins than the regular bottling. Sappy with pure fruit. (JR)

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Ata Rangi
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Pinot Noir

Colour

Red

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Dry

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