2021 Ata Rangi Kotinga Pinot Noir
2021 Ata Rangi Kotinga Pinot Noir

2021 Ata Rangi Kotinga Pinot Noir

98 pts
Ata Rangi |Martinborough |Pinot Noir
The lighter and more elegant of the two Ata Rangi single vineyard Pinots.
Price:
$179.00
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In stock, ready to ship, only 3 units left
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Description

The second release of Kotinga is another fascinating chapter in Ata Rangi’s exploration of single-site Martinborough Pinot. Where the Masters speaks with depth and gravitas, Kotinga is all energy and lift – a wine that showcases the vivid, high-toned side of the region.

Planted entirely to Dijon clones (115, 667 and 777), Kotinga delivers a burst of red fruits – cherry, currant and plum skin – laced with juniper and citrus zest. The palate is sleek and driving, supple tannins and fluid acidity giving it a racy edge. It’s a wine that feels alive in the glass, playful in youth but built with the structure to develop beautifully over the next decade.

Winemaking is sympathetic and precise: 40% whole bunch, wild fermentation, and élevage for 11 months in a single 2,280-litre French oak foudre, designed to highlight the brightness and crunch of the Dijon fruit.

Certified organic and grown on gravel soils, Kotinga stands apart as a distinctive voice within the Ata Rangi range – more linear, more electric. For collectors, it’s a chance to secure one of the most exciting new site expressions in New Zealand Pinot today.

Erin Larkin

Erin Larkin

The Wine Advocate 95 Points

The 2021 Kotinga Pinot Noir leads with clove and ferrous, star anise and pomegranate. The mid-palate is sapid and intense and walks a tightrope of fleshy and tense. It has an energy that sits on the precipice of pleasure and pain, or an intensity akin to the focus required right in that second before you catch a ball. It's an utterly engaging wine. This is the best part about Pinot—intrigue and satisfaction.

James Suckling

James Suckling

James Suckling 97 Points

Perfumed with ripe strawberries and fresh flowers, like pink roses, as well as some of their stems and leaves. Black mushrooms and hints of mulch. Medium- to full-bodied with polished and refined tannins that give a fine velvety texture and a long and flavorful finish. Stony undertone at the end. Hard not to drink if you like crunchy, young and serious pinot, but try to be patient.

Lisa Cardelli

Lisa Cardelli

Wine Pilot 98 Points

The fruit used in this cuvée is harvested from vineyards on the eastern end of Puruatanga Road, on soils predominantly featuring free-draining gravel. This second release is screaming minerality, with a noticeable graphite-like foreword. Then cinnamon, bramble, a touch of clove, nutmeg, and cedar. Oak and whole bunches are not the only features here, as there is a noticeable amaro, Campari-like note, and aromatic herbs enriching the picture. Again, there is a seaweed-like salty element complemented by a lick of green walnut. It is a highly well-balanced wine; the palate being the exact photocopy of the nose, which, in case you ask, no, it’s not always that obvious. Light on its feet, yet bold. The precise line of acidity is caressing the palate and melting into a persistent length of flavours; having tried this wine from an open bottle from the day before, I see how much the oxygen benefited it. And if the proof is in the pudding, a wine that can stand against oxygen so well, and so effortlessly- and actually improving with air exposure- got the final word.

The second release of our Kotinga Pinot Noir, this wine is made up entirely from the Dijon clones of 115, 667 and 777 making this wine high energy.
Bright fruit aromas of cherry, red currant, and plum stone, set the scene on the nose. The palate opens with a flourish of supple tannins uplifted with fluid acidity. Flavours of grapefruit and juniper spread through to the end of the palate.
Aged in a 2280 litre foudre (very large oak barrel) instead of the traditional 228 litre barrique to highlight and retain the bright crunchy qualities of Dijon clones.
These vines are grown on gravels.
This is a delightful wine and unique expression of Martinborough that is playful now and will also reward cellaring.

Price Bracket $101 and Above
Type Red
Body Light Bodied
Variety Pinot Noir
Country New Zealand
Region Martinborough
Feature High Score
Women in Wine
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Reviewed By The Real Review
James Suckling
Halliday Wine Companion
Wine Pilot
The Wine Advocate
Critic Score 98
Size 750ml
Vintage 2021
Closure Screw Cap

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