Kosta Browne Russian River Pinot Noir 2014

Professional Ratings

• 93 Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
  The appellation 2014 Pinot Noir Russian River Valley from this team is a smoking effort. Mostly destemmed and brought up in 44% new French oak, it's loaded with notions of black raspberries, toasted spice, licorice and underbrush. These give way to a full-bodied, concentrated, textured Pinot Noir that packs plenty of fruit, while never losing the elegance and purity of the variety. It will evolve every bit as well as most of the single vineyard releases.
• 91 Wine Spectator
  Smooth and inviting, offering charming flavors of wild berry, blueberry, spice and cedar. Supple in texture, long and lingering on the finish.
• 91 Connoisseurs' Guide
  Very much showing the extra richness and fruity weight that its provenance typically predicts, this generously filled, full-bodied Pinot smacks of vanilla and sweet toast at one moment and at wildflowers the next with a strong and steady presence of juicy, impressively concentrated, ripe cherry fruit tying all of its complex parts together. It is plush and slightly velvety on entry with late arriving tannins lending backbone and grip, and its dalliances with a bit of finishing heat do nothing to diminish its ongoing, decidedly hedonistic pleasures.