Seven Terraces 2005 Marlborough Pinot Noir

This pinot from Seven Terraces shows some strange "tangy" fruit flavors -- and another rarity:  the ability to taste like seedless black grapes (a "purple" fruit, as I call it).    It is very unusual for a wine to end up tasting like grapes, but there's no question about that here.    Marlborough pinot noirs are interesting -- but they still have a long way to go to reach the standards set in places like Martinborough, Central Otago, Sonoma County, and the Willamette Valley.

$22; 87 points

Bottom Line:  There's nothing really wrong with this wine, but the fruit expression is strange.