April 30, 2024 - Surprising good! Had 7 bottles before this one and none were as good as this magnum! Must be the format?
Big hit at the party. Still can age, but drinking well now!
March 28, 2024 - Drinking beautifully at this point…..luxurious texture with excellent fruit flavors.
November 23, 2023 - This was wonderful with our traditional turkey Thanksgiving meal. Here is a note you won’t get from me often—this is a light, feminine wine, and I loved it. There was some power here, too: long finish, nice notes of forest floor and muddled fruit. Decanted a scant 1 hour and was plenty. Got a phenomenal deal on this—should have picked up more, but I get nervous with Pinot Noir. Should have known I was in good hands with Kosta Browne.
September 19, 2023 - Alluring nose of crushed raspberries, forest floor moss, intriguing loamy minerals. Fruit is there, but balanced with dried currents, ripe plum, and herbal undertones. The palate is like nose-balanced diminutive berries with forest floor bamble bush that leads to a full, long finish Not a typical Kosta Browne with bombastic fruit, but a reserved respectable well crafted Pinot with intermingle of earth, herbs, berries. All in balanced with long finish.
May 2, 2023 - Expected more from this vineyard had other vintages. Muted fruit and higher alcohol
February 7, 2023 - A wonderful PN with notes of black raspberry, damp earth, spice with great balance and satisfying finish. Paired with seared tuna.
February 1, 2023 - E
December 25, 2022 - Beautiful color and texture. Medium weight with dusty red notes. Emergent spice notes with a bright cinnamon streak. Feminine and elegant but still delivering a distinctive flavor profile. Sophisticated and suave. Bright red fruit with a nice foundation of darker fruit as well. Excellent wine to round our Christmas around the tree(house)!
October 8, 2022 - Riesling and Pinot Noir Lunch (Sun Wah - Chicago IL): Double blind at Riesling/ Pinot Noir lunch. As obviously Cali Pinot Noir as possible, with a fleshy, cherry cols character with intense spice and gobs of ripe black fruit. Big and fun, even if lacking nuance.
September 25, 2022 - Drank with friends, with another year on this it was near perfect. A spectacular single orchard vintage with classic Russian River earthy tones