Kosta Browne Pinot Noir Sonoma Coast

On its decline. But still ok. PnP. Very fine, light sediment. Nose: 8/10. Palate: 8/10. Fading tannin and fruit. Finish: 7/10. Price: 7/10 ($76, 2025). Enjoyment: 8/10. Would buy again: no.

2009 vintage

Really ripe and luscious strawberries, raspberry and currants. Finishes with a little stone and acid.

2009 vintage

Not a lot of fruit, some faded berries and cherries over earth and leaves. Drink up.

2009 vintage

Shared with staff at Howard Street Wines. Appearance: Clear, ruby core with edge clouding and browning. Nose: Clean, medium+ intensity with developing aromas of cherry, cola, cinnamon, and allspice. Palate: Dry, medium acid, medium tannin is soft and resolved, medium+ intensity, medium body, 14.5% abv with developing flavors of dried cherry, cola, and allspice with a medium finish. Drinking well today - at or near peak. Drink now or over next 2-3 years.

2009 vintage

Opened and poured with peasant soup. Thin and light version on this night. Slight bricking, medium ruby. Ripe strawberry, sassafras, slight pinot musk, cherry on the nose. Decent acidity, somewhat light yet glyceric. Not as chewy as youthful versions. Gaining some traction with air, which is a good sign. Day two this evolved nicely, gaining depth, fruit and density, improving by 2-3 points.

2009 vintage

Still rich and tasty. Not the most complex but tasty

2009 vintage

With Spice rubbed Pork Chop…. Really open and inviting but starting to show it’s age. Dark crimson berries, dark (very slight) bitter cherries with glycerin, iodine, herbal potpourri, lavender and earth but underneath. Still very precise and focused but drink up. Hard to score but really enjoyed.

2009 vintage

Poured a small sample upon opening… had a slight funk which blew off in about 30 mins, red fruit, spice. Left it in bottle for 2 hours and returned to it… more pronounced aromatics, red fruit, cola, spice, hint of orange peel, earth, really nice silky mouthfeel, juicy acidity that makes you want to take another sip, long finish. Several notes indicated fading fruit but I found this to be quite delicious.

2009 vintage

Funky animal musk, barnyard, sweet red fruit, caramel, milk chocolate. Not my style. Received no votes for first, second, or third place tonight.

2009 vintage

This seems improved from previous bottles. Starting to fade but in an elegant way. Brown spices and cola dominate along with some raspberry.

2009 vintage

Still youthful and drinking well. Might be even better in a couple of years. Cheers!

2009 vintage

Dr8nking great now but still with a lot of life

2009 vintage

Dark color, cherry and spice nose, started off with bright cherry flavors but with air and time it deepened with darker fruits, still with balancing acidity complex but still mostly ripe cherry

2009 vintage

Ethereal on PnP. Dark ruby, very rich with plenty of acid zing without overdoing it on initial taste. Dark fruits, cola, sweet tobacco backed with forward but not harsh tannins. Must be a 45-60 second finish. Just delicious (with sous vide pork cap) and porcini mushroom farro. Contrary to others' views, I think this will get better of the next 3-5 years, acquiring balance and more depth. But you can't go wrong opening one now. Holy shit,

2009 vintage

Excellent still drinking nicely

2009 vintage

Drinking wonderfully right now. No need to wait further. Lots of dark fruit (blackberry, cherry) and sweet tobacco. No residual tartness that I find in a lot of Kosta Browne's when they are young.

2009 vintage

I liked it, but it took some work. Two hours of decant. Turned smooth and amazing. Fish (trout?) on the nose. Celery seed on the finish. Wow. Probably pushing the window. Good time to drink.

2009 vintage

Bright red cherry and strawberry fruit. Mid-palate notes of cola and spice. Acidity is still there albeit fading with a nice finish. Good window right now and probably time to drink up. Recently had the Russian River from this vintage and I believe I preferred that one at this point.

2009 vintage

14.5% abv. Received partial bottle to try from a neighbor. Dark Garnet red, slight 'Dusky' appearance on the pour, but not evident in the glass. Not full-bodied, but still full-flavored with Delightful Cherry and Cola on the palate. As some recent tasters have suggested, wine may have 'peaked.' If you still have some of this lurking around your cellar, now might be a good time to 'drink-up' (or ship to 'red freddy' ... 🙏🏼)

2009 vintage

Amazed at how well this has held up. Was afraid all the fruit would be fine and only be an alcohol bomb. Was very smooth and tasty

2009 vintage

Drinking at its best. Drink.

2009 vintage

It has been a number of years since I opened one of these. It was closed the first day but knocked our socks off day 2. This one knocked our socks off out of the bottle. Beautiful fruit with dark cherry on the nose and stunning fruit and body on the palette. Not jammy but just well integrated dark fruit, medium complexity with little savory notes and decent finish. Good balance of flavor, alcohol and tannins (hidden) One of the …

2009 vintage

Sad that Kosta Browne positioned themselves as a great Pinot producer, when the ability to get any advantage from aging has only led to disappointment . Currently the wine has lost fruit, but has offered nothing yummy to replace it-very unidemesional. Although $50 in not that high a price for pinot, it should offer something dependable.

2009 vintage

A great Cali Pinot.

2009 vintage

Showing brick color. The fruit is sweet, with flavors of cola and red cherry. The fruit is fading and there is little earthiness or structure. I should have opened this wine 2 years ago.

2009 vintage

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