8/26/2023 - VAVintner Likes this wine:

Nice dark berry fruit with cassis and graphite notes. Drinking nicely

3/29/2023 - VAVintner Likes this wine:

Fruity with nice acid and tannin Great vintage for a great AVA and producer

3/8/2023 - VAVintner Likes this wine:

Still drinking well. Lots of strawberry/cherry fruit. Silky palette and good fine grained tannin

12/17/2022 - VAVintner Likes this wine:

Big Red mountain fruit. Nice acid and medium tannin.

12/11/2022 - VAVintner Likes this wine:

Nice. Big blackberry and cassis fruit. Med tannin. Still aging well. Has not peaked yet.

12/9/2022 - VAVintner Likes this wine:

Butterscotch and manarin orange on the nose. Full palette. Still a great wine

12/4/2022 - VAVintner Likes this wine:

Big roound red mountain fruit with med acid and med-pluss tannin. great wine for a steak

11/25/2022 - VAVintner Likes this wine:

Nice. Good fruit (pear/lychee) with balanced acid and maybe 2 percent sugar.

11/25/2022 - VAVintner Likes this wine:

Nice balance of fruit and acid lead to a long finish. blackberry/raspberry fruit.

11/25/2022 - VAVintner Likes this wine:

Nice. Full round fruit but still balanced with acidity. Nice pairing with Thanksgiving turkey

11/25/2022 - VAVintner Likes this wine:

Quite nice. crisp pear and apple nose. medium plus acid. Burgundian in style. Paired very nicely with Thanksgiving turkey.

10/2/2022 - VAVintner Likes this wine:

Nice round merlot. Lots of fruit with med acid to provide lingering finish. Nice

9/11/2022 - VAVintner Likes this wine:

Beautiful. Big cherry and strawberry fruit. Medium acid and medium fine grained tannin. Great profile from beginning to end. A classic Sonoma Coast Pinot.

9/4/2022 - VAVintner Likes this wine:

Strawberry and raspberry on the nose. Medium plus acid and med minus tannin. Acis bite makes this a good food wine.

9/4/2022 - VAVintner Likes this wine:

Cherry and strawberry fruit with vanilla oak undertones. Thick and savory. Med acid and med plus fine grained tannin. Drink in next 3 years

8/27/2022 - VAVintner Likes this wine:

Bright blaackberry and plum fruits. Integrated oak. Medium acid and med fine tannin. Drink now or hold up to 20 yrs

8/27/2022 - VAVintner Likes this wine:

Blackberry and cherry fruit with savory earthy notes. Med ium acid and tannin.

8/21/2022 - VAVintner Likes this wine:

Big fruit with layers of cedar, tar and earth. A monster. Holds its alcohol well now but may become challenging with age at 15%+...

8/21/2022 - VAVintner Likes this wine:

Big Starwberry and cherry fruit with layers of intergated oak. Med buy firm tannin and good acid. Great now and will age well.

8/15/2022 - VAVintner Likes this wine:

Blackberry fruit overlaiden with oak, poultry spices, and earthy aromas. Tannin still good. Still drinking well.

8/7/2022 - VAVintner wrote:

fruit fading quickly not much left but the oak, acid, and some earthy aging notes. Med acid

8/7/2022 - VAVintner Likes this wine:

A bit less complex than other vintages. typical carmel pineapple on the nose. Fruit carries thru on pallette. Med acid.

8/7/2022 - VAVintner Likes this wine:

Velvety soft tannin. Fruit is starting to soften a bit. Med acid. Drink now.

7/31/2022 - VAVintner Likes this wine:

Big and complex. As with many of Joel's wines, this one is built to age. I will drink the other in 5-10 yrs

7/31/2022 - VAVintner Likes this wine:

starting to fade - hurry up and drink. Needs about 20 mins to open up

6/19/2022 - VAVintner Likes this wine:

soft tannin, med acid and body. Good with food. strawberry/red raspberry fruit. Drink now.

6/19/2022 - VAVintner Likes this wine:

Drinking very nicely. Med integrated tannins and med acid. Nice earthy under tones with strawberry/cassis fruit.

5/27/2022 - VAVintner Likes this wine:

Nice. Fruity yet balaced with earthy undertones, nice acidity, and fine tanins. Good now, should also age for 10 yrs

5/13/2022 - VAVintner Likes this wine:

Drinking well. Firm tannins will continue to age. Cherry fruit with earthy undertones.

5/13/2022 - VAVintner Likes this wine:

Starting to decline. Raspberry/tart chery fruit. Med Tannin and acid.

5/4/2022 - VAVintner Likes this wine:

Big, bold cherry and ripe strawberry fruit. Med acid with silky fine tannin. A world class pinot.

5/1/2022 - VAVintner Likes this wine:

Fruity with medium tannin and good acid.

5/1/2022 - VAVintner Likes this wine:

Drank very nice - still good blackberry fruit and integrated tannin. A nice wine even after 40 yrs

4/17/2022 - VAVintner Likes this wine:

Beautiful classic Kosta Browne pinot. Rich round fruit with med acid and med tanin on the finish.

4/17/2022 - VAVintner Likes this wine:

Good but will get much better in 5 yrs

4/3/2022 - VAVintner Likes this wine:

Still jammy fruit. Nice round pallete with med tannin.

4/3/2022 - VAVintner wrote:

Nice blackberry fruit with undertones of oak and leather. Med-plus tannins. Drinking very nicely. May still improve

3/27/2022 - VAVintner Likes this wine:

Bigger and more intense than I expected. Dark intense fruit of plum, cassis, blackberry with underpinnings of vanilla oak. Med grained tannin give velvety feel to the pallate.

3/27/2022 - VAVintner Likes this wine:

Big & bold. Dark intense fruit of plum, cassis, blackberry with underpinnings of vanilla oak. Med grained tannin give velvety feel to the pallate. Nice and probably best in next 5 yrs.

3/5/2022 - VAVintner Likes this wine:

Well integrated, round, velvety. Med fine tannins. Nice drinking wine now

3/4/2022 - VAVintner Likes this wine:

Excellent. Bright fruit, structure, very nice

2/6/2022 - VAVintner Likes this wine:

Drinking nicely. velevety tannin, med acid, dk fruit is integrating and softening.

2/6/2022 - VAVintner Likes this wine:

Time to drink this one... The tanins are soft and velvety, fruit still there but starting to subside. Med-lo acid. Drinks well now but won't last much longer.

1/30/2022 - VAVintner Likes this wine:

A bit past prime. fill line down a bit on neck.

1/15/2022 - VAVintner Likes this wine:

Drinking great righ now after 32 yrs. Dark berry and cassis fruit. Savory and silky on the pallete with a nice integrated fine tannins on the finish. Glad I have another in the cellar.

1/8/2022 - VAVintner Likes this wine:

Very nice - big bing cherry fruit concetrated on the middle pallete. med to med-high acid and med silky tannins underpin a long finish. Almost 30 yrs old and drinking nicely.

12/30/2021 - VAVintner Likes this wine:

Nice velvety texture with silky tannin and savoy flavors combined with classic PN cherry.

12/21/2021 - VAVintner Likes this wine:

Big round, med silky tanin, med acid. Drink young with a filet mignon.

11/6/2021 - VAVintner wrote:

Beautiful wine with big fruit and structure balance of tannin and acid to carry the wine for a long time on the pallete

11/1/2021 - VAVintner Likes this wine:

Still holding up well. Fruit is still balaced with savory characteristics of the vineyard and winemaking. Enjoyed with Joel Peterson who traced the characted of the vineyard and wine throuygh time to this bottle.