Ata Rangi Martinborough Pinot Noir

Ata Rangi, meaning ‘dawn sky, new beginning’ is owned and managed by a family trio – Clive Paton, his wife Phyll and his sister Alison. In 1980 Clive planted the bare, stony, home paddock at the edge of Martinborough, becoming one of a handful of people who pioneered grape growing in the area. Ata Rangi’s first vineyard covered less than five hectares on deep, free-draining alluvial gravels – the original course of a local river which flows from the hills that flank the eastern side of the valley. Today they are joined by a strong team including winemaker Helen Masters, who in 2019 was awarded New Zealand Winemaker of the Year by Gourmet Traveller WINE magazine, as recognition of her 16 years’ work at Ata Rangi.

Ata Rangi is renowned for its Pinot Noir and is widely regarded as one of the 3 or 4 of New Zealand’s top Pinot Noir producers. This, their flagship wine is a blend  from across the estate's best vineyards. Notes of ripe, dark berry fruits, star anise, crushed red rose and violets on the nose. The palate opens smoothly into full flavours of rose hip and dark plums with fine, layered tannins and seamless minerality that carries the wine to a long, elegant finish