Summer Rosé
Summer Rose 2008
Very pretty wine with the delicate and haunting scent of crushed wild strawberries. It's deliciously soft and slightly sweet but nicely balanced with an ethereal texture. Just the thing for a summer lunch.
Bob's Wine Reviews, Dec 08
Summer Rose 2004
Bright, cerise licked pink. Fragrant, fruit and herbs bouquet has a gentle quality. Soft, clean impact has great clarity and a firm touch, introducing a mid palate with plenty of flavour and excellent weight. Herbs emerge on the finish, which is dry and clean, lingering nicely. Quite elegant wine, with flavour and firmness adding to its sense of honesty.
Keith Stewart, Sommnet, Oct 04
For a wine that is inherently frivolous rosé seems damnably difficult to get right. This is an excellent example of what happens when you do. Pale pink, fresh and full of berry fruit. Summer in a glass. Buy a case and drink it all summer.
Don Higgins, NZ House & Garden, Dec 02
One of the best of New Zealand Rosé wines is the delicious 2002 Ata Rangi Summer Rosé which is a wild berry-fruit tasting wine made from Cabernet Sauvignon and Pinot Meunier. Although it's not bone dry, this wine is beautifully balanced by zesty fruit flavours.
Joelle Thomson, NZ Herald, 26 Oct 02
Ata Rangi Summer Rosé 2002.
With its bright, fruity hints of red-currants, soft texture and crisp, refreshing finish, this rosé is ideal for summer lunches, picnics and barbecues. Serve chilled.
Charmian Smith, Otago Daily Times, 9 Oct 02
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Kahu Botrytis Riesling
Kahu Botrytis Riesling 2009
A stylish, full-on sticky, oozing dried apricots, tropical fruit, honey, mandarin and a hint of new leather, a silky texture and a crisp, clean, well-balanced finish.
A classic that will develop with a little more bottle age.
4 stars (out of 5) - Good Value
Charmian Smith, Otago Daily Times 16 Dec 09
Kahu Botrytis Riesling 2005
Kahu is the Maori for Harrier Hawk, and it inspired the name of a vineyard neighbouring the Ata Rangi property from which the grapes to make this wine are grown. An expansive nose: dried pears and dried apricots, orange peel, candied ruby grapefuit, a bit of matchstick, some smoke. The palate is big and big and luscious, orange marmalade, clean dried pears, almost honeyed, silky smooth with some green plum freshness and acidity. The length is terrific, full flavoured, and it finishes with a bit of residual sugar. Apparently there is around 130 g/l residual sugar, but I think it maintains some balance and poise - a terrific wine.
Rated : 93 Points
Tasted : Oct06 Gary Walsh, winorama.com.au
Ata Rangi 2005 Kahu Botrytis Riesling - 4 stars.
From Martinborough, this wine is fragrant with hints of pepper and herbs, intensely sweet with wonderful flavours suggesting dried apricots and prunes, toasted nuts and golden syrup. It ahs a velvety texture, a stylish finish and a long aftertaste.
Charmian Smith, Otago Daily Times 10 May 2006
Ata Rangi 2004 Kahu Botrytis Riesling
Oozing lush, tropical fruit with dried mango, dried peach and apricot with a hint of spice, this wine had a seamless charm, a beautiful balance and lovely clean finish. Like the best botrytised wines, it is capable of developing over several years. Delicious.
Charmian Smith, Otago Daily Times 16 Mar 2005
'Ata Rangi 2002 Kahu Botrytis Riesling
**** 4 stars
Lemon-honey nose with tight yet lush palate. Fine wine with strong limey Riesling characters flattered by pure botrytis flavours.'
Bob Campbell, Cuisine Jan 2003
Ata Rangi Kahu Botrytis Riesling****1/2stars.
Only nine per cent alcohol, with a high (160 grams/litre) level of residual sugar, it's a light and lovely wine with rich, concentrated flavours of honey, lemon and apricots, sweet and crisp. It's still a baby; open 2004.'
Michael Cooper's Buyer's Guide to NZ Wines 2003
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