Ata Rangi Crimson Pinot Noir 2024

Sam Kim, Wine Orbit writes "Elegantly perfumed and inviting, the bouquet shows sweet cherry, plum, floral, fennel, and toasted almond notes. The palate displays excellent weight and silky flow, complemented by fleshy texture and beautifully infused tannins, making it harmonious and balanced with a lengthy, velvety finish. At its best: now to 2032."

Cameron Douglas MS writes "It is delicious! A vibrant bouquet of fruit reflecting the variety and stellar vintage with aromas and flavours of ripe dark skinned red berry fruits, plum and cherry, baked raspberry and earth-smoke of dark clay and stone. There’s a judicious measure of wood with suggestions of some clove dust and vanilla then a gentle wood smoke quality. Fine tannins and medium+ acid line a wine ready to drink today and through 2032."

The winery writes "An expressive nose of red fruits, with hints of pink peppercorn, hibiscus, fresh sage and rosemary.The palate opens to plush fruit, with a dash of graphite and crushed rock. The tannins are finely textured, like crisp cut velvet.This wine has a salivating, exciting quality that sets it apart from Crimson of other years.An all-encompassing wine that drinks beautifully now, its persistence and energy will reward those who cellar."