Kosta Browne, Cerise Chardonnay, Anderson Valley

Dry with some acid, oak, and tannin. A Burgundian CA Chardonnay. In line with an Aubrey.

Bright fruit with notes of citrus, pear, apple with good acidity and balance. Satisfying finish.

So I received a gift of Blackbox Chardonnay. The equivalent of six bottles in two boxes! I think they were making fun of me, but I have been drinking it since before Christmas. Not a bad wine and sure is easy to keep in the fridge. Finally, yesterday it's gone. Time to open this Kosta Browne. Wow! It's like being a virgin again—so much concentration, depth, length, width, and I began to sing: It feels like the first time. (It …

The reticent nose offers aronas of creme brûlée, pineapple, mango and green apple. Medium bodied with a structure that shows some oak influence and combines juicy acid with a mean streak of slate minerality. The flavor profile is pure and clean, featuring sweet Meyer lemon, white tea, tangerine, honeysuckle, white peach, green apple and a nice dose of sea salt. This took a few hours to evolve out of an initially oak-driven profile, but after that complexities and levity began …