{"product_id":"ata-rangi-pinot-noir-2024","title":"Ata Rangi Pinot Noir 2024","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eFew wine origin stories are as improbable, or as celebrated, as Ata Rangi's. In 1980, dairy farmer Clive Paton sold his herd and planted Pinot Noir on a bare, stony sheep paddock at the edge of the tiny township of Martinborough — a region nobody had yet proven could make serious wine. Part of his early success traces to a single stroke of luck: budwood from a vineyard in Auckland, cuttings rumoured to have been smuggled out of Domaine de la Romanée-Conti in a gumboot decades earlier. That \"Abel clone\" became the backbone of Ata Rangi's plantings and, in time, one of New Zealand's most important Pinot Noir clones. Today the estate is still family-run, with winemaking led since the early 2000s by Helen Masters, whose tenure has been widely credited with sharpening the house style toward elegance and site transparency. In 2010, Ata Rangi became one of only two New Zealand producers ever awarded \"Tipuranga Teitei o Aotearoa\" — Grand Cru of New Zealand.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eFarmed organically across the free-draining alluvial gravels of the Martinborough Terrace, the fruit here consistently produces Pinot Noir of real depth and structure — more savoury weight than most New Zealand examples, closer in spirit to serious Burgundy than the fruit-forward New World style. Expect plush red and dark fruit, fine, velvety tannins, and a seamlessly balanced palate built for both immediate enjoyment and genuine cellaring. Pour it with duck, venison, or a mushroom-laden risotto — this is the wine that first proved Martinborough belonged in the conversation with the world's great Pinot Noir regions.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ata Rangi","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48306733154469,"sku":"5634100","price":109.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0659\/2597\/2133\/files\/IMG_5228.jpg?v=1789508965","url":"https:\/\/wine.thestunnedmullet.com.au\/products\/ata-rangi-pinot-noir-2024","provider":"The Stunned Mullet Wine","version":"1.0","type":"link"}