March 8, 2024 - Oaky
December 20, 2023 - Popped and poured. Very ripe and new world but has enough acidity to barely hold things together. Black cherry, underbrush and spice. Medium to full bodied with lots of flavor but lacking a bit of focus.
December 4, 2023 - Decanted >2 hours. Big & bold in KB tradition for a PN. The wine has matured since last tasted almost 5 years ago. Exquisite wine still has time even at the 10 year mark.
February 25, 2023 - I am always somewhat ambivalent about Kosta Browne Pinot’s. They just seem too ripe and contrived to me. This wine is true to style just not my favorite. It is a medium to dark translucent ruby-crimson color. It is distinctly sweet and oak infused. With vanilla galore, like a vanilla cream cherry. Acidity is medium (-). Lacking mineral notes and all about the fruit, though on the light side. There is a little baking spice also probably from the new oak. It went well enough with sautéed duck breast and an orange sauce. Just not exciting or distinctive for me.
August 3, 2022 - This is delicious and doesn’t seem past its drinking window. Slightly sweet rich cherry and a hint of plum combine into a single zingy dark flavor on the mid pallet ending with lingering cherry and some acid. Other wines develop secondary and tertiary flavors as they age - this one seems to just mellow out.
July 24, 2022 - Disappointing. I was expecting a 2013 to be rich and full of flavor - this bottle does not live up to the KB legend. I'm hoping my other two 2013s are better.
July 14, 2022 - Lots of cherry fruit, almost extracted but pulls up short. Not much mid-palate, then a lightly acidic finish. A little hard to food match--all that fruit and acidity tend to clash with something in the dish. But very nice pre-dinner.
2/15/2024 Just not a lot of structure to this wine. Good fruit and crisp finish, but falls short of what I want in a hundred-dollar bottle of wine.
July 10, 2022 - Big pinot. Mellowed out a bit on night 2 which I enjoyed better. Very fruity but well balanced. KB is not my favorite but this was at least enjoyable.
February 26, 2022 - Lots of fruit on the nose. Disagree with the last reviewer about it being just jammy with lots of fruit. The wine does have a lot of fruit, but it balances it with a nice dose of acidity. While this is still a very good pinot, there are others on the market delivering same or better quality for less $.
February 26, 2022 - Not a style of PN that I prefer. Over extracted somewhat jammy with no finess to it - just fruit fruit fruit