Craggy Peak Pinot Noir 2002 (review)

86 points.

Te Muna, Martinborough, New Zealand. 14%

For a high quality New World pinot this is pleasant - that's all.

A lot of good quality oak. Big ripe structure. Some nice fruit flavours but simple and soft. Lacks concentration. Acids are not bad though soft.

Better balance, less artificial than many Californian pinots but I'm damining with faint praise when I say this.

Tiny bit of a disappointment though not very surprising, there are quite a few wines like this. They shouldn't really command the prices they do - but then that is true of much Pinot.