Kosta Browne
Gap's Crown Vineyard Pinot Noir
Sonoma Coast, Sonoma County, California, USA
This is a delicious Pinot Noir from Sonoma Coast. Rich, complex and elegant.
Light burgundy in color with a wide reddish rim.
Medium plus in body with medium acidity.
Showing red currants, cooked cherries, oak, light vanilla, spices, light vegetables, tobacco, chocolates, light barnyard, coffee and peppercorn.
This Single Vineyard is nicely balanced with a nice mouthfeel.
Good right out of the bottle and good by itself as a sipping wine.
This 8 year old is peaking now, although it will continue to drink nicely in the next 5 years.
Thank you Scott for sharing.
Wine Spectator 90 points. Robert Parker 94 points.
Grapes were aged in a mixture of new and used French oak barrels, and concrete vats.
14.5% alcohol by volume.
92 points.
$150.
This is a delicious Pinot Noir from Sonoma Coast. Rich, complex and elegant.
Light burgundy in color with a wide reddish rim.
Medium plus in body with medium acidity.
Showing red currants, cooked cherries, oak, light vanilla, spices, light vegetables, tobacco, chocolates, light barnyard, coffee and peppercorn.
This Single Vineyard is nicely balanced with a nice mouthfeel.
Good right out of the bottle and good by itself as a sipping wine.
This 8 year old is peaking now, although it will continue to drink nicely in the next 5 years.
Thank you Scott for sharing.
Wine Spectator 90 points. Robert Parker 94 points.
Grapes were aged in a mixture of new and used French oak barrels, and concrete vats.
14.5% alcohol by volume.
92 points.
$150.
Lush red fruit, red raspberries and dark cherries, with a smooth mineral finish and a hint of spice. Quite good.
Lush red fruit, red raspberries and dark cherries, with a smooth mineral finish and a hint of spice. Quite good.
1 person found it helpfulSep 13th, 2017Nothing to complain about here. All good!
Nothing to complain about here. All good!
1 person found it helpfulFeb 3rd, 2017Just a baby of a 2014 but after being open for more than an hour it is just a beautiful thing.
The nose is all soft red fruits, just ripe and at the same time pillowy somehow. There's baking spice and then there's brown sugar, with earth and pepper mingling in the background.
The palate is soft, fruity and delicate, despite the wine clocking in at 14.5%. Time will soothe the alcohol on this, but as it stands now, it's still quite a beautiful pinot.
Just a baby of a 2014 but after being open for more than an hour it is just a beautiful thing.
The nose is all soft red fruits, just ripe and at the same time pillowy somehow. There's baking spice and then there's brown sugar, with earth and pepper mingling in the background.
The palate is soft, fruity and delicate, despite the wine clocking in at 14.5%. Time will soothe the alcohol on this, but as it stands now, it's still quite a beautiful pinot.
Spectacular Pinot From Kosta Brown. Nose of black fruits. Flavors on first sip of plum and black cherries, rich fruit forward that is so delicious. This is a Pinot that just gets better an betters @Radicchio's Restaurant in Voorhees. CB 96
Spectacular Pinot From Kosta Brown. Nose of black fruits. Flavors on first sip of plum and black cherries, rich fruit forward that is so delicious. This is a Pinot that just gets better an betters @Radicchio's Restaurant in Voorhees. CB 96
Jan 29th, 2017
Still going strong. Ripe Fred fruit (touch of Halls cherry lozenge) and maybe a touch of heat on the finish. Pretty good acidity.
Still going strong. Ripe Fred fruit (touch of Halls cherry lozenge) and maybe a touch of heat on the finish. Pretty good acidity.
Dec 30th, 2021
Red fruits, some pepper and salt air, with that cola. A slight sharpness in the finish that is usually not present in KB and especially SV from Sonoma. Could be the age showing.
Red fruits, some pepper and salt air, with that cola. A slight sharpness in the finish that is usually not present in KB and especially SV from Sonoma. Could be the age showing.
Feb 6th, 2024
Pretty damn good. Didn’t pair with a meal, but this was smooth...
Pretty damn good. Didn’t pair with a meal, but this was smooth...
Aug 22nd, 2020
This is really nice but I don’t think lives up to the reviews/price point. Very easy. No tannin. Fruit forward. Some dark fruit and pineapple and citrus on the sweeter side. But not a lot of complexity. Doesn’t evolve. Pretty monolithic. Nice. But $25-40 nice not $125.
This is really nice but I don’t think lives up to the reviews/price point. Very easy. No tannin. Fruit forward. Some dark fruit and pineapple and citrus on the sweeter side. But not a lot of complexity. Doesn’t evolve. Pretty monolithic. Nice. But $25-40 nice not $125.
Aug 10th, 2020